[dalereed]

"If your kids hate you, and you have no friends willing to see you sheltered, warm and fed, you were a rat bastard who oughtta eat a bullet and quit wasting our air."

No matter how anyone "feels" about me, the day that I can't totally provide for my own support is the day that I should stop taking up space on this planet.

[Aedammair]

You do make an excellent point.

But I do see it as my responsibility to provide for my parents if they need me to. Fortunately my parents are more than capable of financially providing for themselves. But I am determined to see to it that they never see the inside of a nursing home. They took care of me when I was dependent, and I will do the same for them if they need me to.