I'm 43, single, no kids and did feel young until last December when both parents in their 70s became sick. Mom diagnosed as diabetic Dad with IPF (incurable lun

I'm 43, single, no kids and did feel young until last December when both parents in their 70s became sick. Mom diagnosed as diabetic Dad with IPF (incurable lung disease, among other blue collar stuff). Now I feel old. Nothing makes you feel old like realizing there is a definite point in time when your way of life will change, significantly. I'm in the forever alone club but thought one day I'd meet a girl, no luck yet. I wanted to have kids and have my parents be grandparents since I never knew my Dad's father since he died at age 56. At most my parents have maybe ten years but their health is rapidly declining which is a shock. Anyway at some point there will be some event that makes you go from feeling like 20 to feeling like 50. It makes you give up Red Bull, stop eating crap and exercise but that's nothing like being healthy all your life, a last minute rush just won't do it.