Thank you so much for the replies - I really appreciate knowing that accepting help is a common thing in a lot of situations.

DF and I have been talking about it a lot today and I think I'm getting more used to the idea - I think I'll need to have a chat to mum about my siblings though. It'll be pretty clear that we are getting help, although I'm much closer to my mum than my siblings are.

Thanks again!


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