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Or, you know, the childless old people can talk to each other and provide emotional companionship in an "old" way, from the previous age before all these modern
by vtail 10y ago
Or, you know, the childless old people can talk to each other and provide emotional companionship in an "old" way, from the previous age before all these modern economic inventions.
- dominotw 10y agopeople need something to relate to be a companion, something to bond on. With the world getting richer and more knowledgeable, more free economically and socially; people don't have anything that ties them together. There are no wars, social struggles, economic struggles that tie people together. Culture no longer curtails people from straying far out from the line. This is bound to happen, friendships are on their way out for a reason. So yea, old people cannot be forced to hang out with each other just because they are old.
- steve19 10y agoTo me your comment is bizarre. Friendships on their way out? Old people need to be forced to be friends with each other? I can only think you are either trolling or have had a significantly different life to myself. Plenty of things allow people (without children) to relate: sports, travel, religion, food, literature, movies, the weather, politics, technological events (man on moon), cultural events (election of the first Black president of America), pets etc. etc. Old people don't need to be forced. 100s of millions of old people who enjoy each other company every single day.
- HappyTypist 10y agoI don't think friendship is on the way out, but anecdotally I've observed the median strength of the bond decreased.
- dmichulke 10y ago"The older the quirkier" would explain both your experience and older people preferring not to bond with older people.