I think sometimes we fall into "roles" and sometimes we are just acting within our nature.
It's very much within my nature to be a caretaker.
And that's okay, as long as I don't take it to extremes.
Billy Joel wrote a song about that called "I Go To Extremes".
I relate to that song...a lot.
There was a time in my life when all I did was take care of others.
And then get frustrated when they didn't care for me.
What I couldn't see was, why should they?
I was the caretaker.
They were the caretakees.
They saw no need to take care of me.
That wasn't their role.
Major script revisions have taken place since those years, I am happy to report.