[ SECRET POST #2230 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2230 ⌋

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Notes:

Early because blizzard, not quite sure if power will last.

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Comments

[stormy1x2]

Here's an activity: go to an old folk's home and talk to the people there. Find out if they have children and ask them how often their children visit.

They wouldn't be at an old folk's home if not, eh? They'd be at their home or at their kids.

Oh my god, what bubble fairy land do you live in? I had to go and visit my grandmother's siblings in their old age home and there were LOTS of elderly people stopping by their room while we were there, so lonely for company but their own families never visited. They TOLD us this.

There are plenty of selfish brats in the world (by that I mean full-grown adult ones) who don't give a dam about the people who brought them into this world or anyone other than themselves.

Have kids, don't have them, I don't care, but please don't assume just because you have kids, you're going to be taken care of. If that were the case, old folks homes wouldn't exist in the sheer numbers they currently DO.

[(Anonymous)]

It's not selfish not to want to see your parents in their old age (or ever).

[stormy1x2]

Fair enough. I just don't like the blanket statement that having kids automatically means you'll have someone taking care of you. That's one of the first things that gets thrown at childfree people - who will support you?

The idea that there are no sad, lonely elderly people in old folks homes because their kids stuck them there is ridiculous. The comment was made that if they had kids they wouldn't be there. RIDICULOUS. That's all I want to say.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm alwas a little startled at this vision of elderly people waiting for their families to visit - my grandma really perked up noticably once she got out of her flat and into a professional care facility, among other things because she enjoyed all the group activities offered there.

I'm guessing that really depends on the kind of home you get sent to.

[stormy1x2]

very true. I guess it also has to do with how much of it is your decision to make, and how much of it is 'we have decided for you that'....

My grandmother's 'sister' wasn't completely gone but she retained enough to cry whenever she realized she wasn't in her home. A nurse had to be with her all the time to reassure her she wasn't abandoned, even though my aunt tried to visit 3x a week.

It's horrifyingly sad and I sincerely hope I'm gone long before I deteriorate to that extent.

[(Anonymous)]

Well, you COULD read anything else I've said on the matter, but it's hard to read so high on your horse.