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I recently attended a funeral for a relative and was at his death bed too. The only thing I envy him is that he has his children surrounded him when he passed away knowing that he has done his job.
Meh. It's a crapshoot. My grandmother had a ton of people visiting her as she died because she was lucid and upbeat and had spent her entire life fostering relationships with her children and grandchildren, but also with her friends and extended family.
My other grandma had no one there when she died - she'd spent 10 years falling into dementia and misery, even though she kept her sweet sweet spirit the entire time. My boyfriend at the time - a big hulking ex-biker - met her only once before she died, and she was so sweet to him but so confused it broke his heart and he had to leave the room because he was nearly in tears.
Cultivate your relationships - whether it's with friends or with relatives. My two best friends and I will likely spend our last years together, as none of us has the inclination to marry and even if we did, being women, we are likely to end up single in our last years anyway. We are already making plans to have our own consulting business together when we're in our 50s.
How is that selfish? She's realizing that when she dies she will likely have no loved ones around her.
Does she mean that literally- that there will be no loved ones standing around her bed, comforting her as she dies? Just because you have children doesn't mean that they will care enough to be at your beside when you die. Look at all the people in nursing homes who die alone without having had any visits from their children. There probably are some children who can't wait for their parents to die so they can get the inheritance.
She's not thinking outside the box (well, really outside the womb)....Adopt? Volunteer for children's organizations? Be a foster parent? Become Mother Teresa?
But, if she really really really wants kids? There's plenty of fertility specialists out there that will help her achieve her dream. Science, people, that's the ticket here.
She's not thinking outside the box (well, really outside the womb)....Adopt? Volunteer for children's organizations? Be a foster parent? Become Mother Teresa?
But, if she really really really wants kids? There's plenty of fertility specialists out there that will help her achieve her dream. Science, people, that's the ticket here.
The speaker might have..or at least thought about it....since the op never returned when she didn't get the agreement she expected we will never know exactly whom the OP was speaking of.
personally I would rather "be on my death bed" alone than lay dying knowing I had screwed up a bunch of kids and they didn't really care about me anyway.
I find it odd is that some folks without kids have pets and they are spending just as much money and time devoted to their pets as kids. How is that any different? Maybe you don't have to endure the birth giving part but that's one of life's experiences that is life changing.
I find it odd is that some folks without kids have pets and they are spending just as much money and time devoted to their pets as kids. How is that any different? Maybe you don't have to endure the birth giving part but that's one of life's experiences that is life changing.
I have pets and I have had a kid....I love them both...and there is no earthly comparison. Won't even touch the industrial grade woo about giving birth.
I find it odd is that some folks without kids have pets and they are spending just as much money and time devoted to their pets as kids. How is that any different? Maybe you don't have to endure the birth giving part but that's one of life's experiences that is life changing.
Well, not every woman wants to experience the "life-changing" pain that comes with passing a baby the size of a watermelon out of your vagina. Different strokes for different folks, ya know .
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