“We don’t get a say in our kids’ marriage now. Just let them be. I’ll keep working for a few years before retiring. When that happens, we can travel around while we still have the energy.”

Work consumed their time when Jane and the others were young. Once they were to retire, they could ditch the kids and go to places on their bucket list.

Jane wanted to be like her parents, who traveled the world after dumping the family responsibility on her brother. They were only back once or twice a yea