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Reading this and your earlier comments, it appears you had kids in order to have someone take care of you in your old age?! You seem to have great expectations
by hasbot 4y ago
Reading this and your earlier comments, it appears you had kids in order to have someone take care of you in your old age?! You seem to have great expectations for your kids. Hopefully they are OK with that.
- random314 4y agoIn some sense, either your kids take care of you OR other people's kids take care of you when you are too old to physically support yourself. Outside of euthanasia when you become physically infirm, there is no other way to live through old age.
- labrador 4y agoThat's a silly accusation because like almost all young people I didn't think about my old age at all. Why think about something so unpleasant when it's long, long way off. I'm speaking of Americans as an American. I understand in other cultures it's something they think about, but America is a youth culture that doesn't teach long term thinking. If my kids don't want to help me that's their right and I'd make other plans while asking God why I did to deserve such ungrateful kids.
- galdosdi 4y agoMaybe in the USA in 2022 this is weird, but in many cultures, taking care of your parents after they took care of you is just normal, commonplace, expected, assumed. Like, the natural circle of life.
- rayiner 4y agoIf they’re not okay with than you failed as a parent or your broader culture has failed. Taking care of the elderly is part of your role as a human.