[jpl]

Older couples without kids have always seemed bitter to me.

Except for a very select few, most people's memories are only carried on for the long term by their children, and then their children's children.

It can't be a pleasant thought for the elderly when it dawns on them that before long nobody will really remember them or even look at their photographs.

[iPod Shuffle]

At least they won't feel the sense of betrayal when they end up in a nursing home when their "loving children" won't take them in.

[kms61]

Except for a very select few, most people's memories are only carried on for the long term by their children, and then their children's children.

It can't be a pleasant thought for the elderly when it dawns on them that before long nobody will really remember them or even look at their photographs

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As a 44 year old single, childless man, such thoughts have crossed my mind. You, and others who have posted similar on this thread aren't telling me anything I don't already know. My old age may well be lonely--Perhaps even bleak. But for reasons I won't go into here, I've concluded that I wouldn't be a good husband or father, and that it's better for all concerned that I not marry or produce children. I've made my decision, and I'll live with whatever consequnces flow from it.

I do have neices and nephews that I'm crazy about, and try to spend as much time with as possible. Perhaps they'll have a kind memory of me when I'm gone.