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My Mum visited her Dad maybe once a week at most, but even in his 80s, whenever she visited he'd make her favourite sandwiches, try to give her money, take care of her car. She died in hospital, and he was holding her hand telling her she would be ok. It totally broke him - he had a series of strokes causing his dementia to worsen quickly, and he died within a year.

Obviously not true of every parent-child relationship, but when it is true, it hurts.