Wow that's really different...I could not put my mother in a nursing home. Why don't you want your kids to take care of you? If you were my mother, I would.
I want them to live a full life, and I don't want to be a burden to them.
They didn't choose to have me, but I chose to have them.
They were my responsibility, but I do not want to be their responsibility. My grandparents felt the same way. They wanted to stay in the small East Texas town that they lived in their whole lives. They did not want to move to Dallas.
My parents feel the same way. They've picked out a nursing home that is near where they have lived for 40 years. They wouldn't move to California ever, and that is where I live.
My husband and I will pick someplace nice for us to go to once we're not able to take care of ourselves.
I'll be happy if my kids are raising their own families or enjoying their retirement.