I’m putting what money I save by not having kids into my retirement fund. Compound interest ftw. I’ll hopefully be able to pay someone else’s kid to take care of me if/when need be.
Bonus: I don’t have to worry about navigating a child through the current American political environment. I’m worried enough about my elderly dog and normal-aged partner.
I’m also saving that money by having kids. But I’m also trying to spend my life facing hard things and enduring difficulty. Then when I no longer have the faculties to care for myself, I’ll walk into the wilderness and become one with the landscape again. Seems more stylish than getting my ass wiped by someone else for years.
My aunt is in her 70s and still traveling the world, very active. She’s visiting Japan last I checked. She and her husband are signed up to move into assisted living in a few years, which seems a gentle way to start slowing down.
I hope I take after her and not grandma-on-the-other-side: surprise dementia in her, iirc, 60s. Didn’t seem to bother her. Bothered the fuck out of everyone around her.
I’m putting what money I save by not having kids into my retirement fund. Compound interest ftw. I’ll hopefully be able to pay someone else’s kid to take care of me if/when need be.
Bonus: I don’t have to worry about navigating a child through the current American political environment. I’m worried enough about my elderly dog and normal-aged partner.
I’m also saving that money by having kids. But I’m also trying to spend my life facing hard things and enduring difficulty. Then when I no longer have the faculties to care for myself, I’ll walk into the wilderness and become one with the landscape again. Seems more stylish than getting my ass wiped by someone else for years.
My aunt is in her 70s and still traveling the world, very active. She’s visiting Japan last I checked. She and her husband are signed up to move into assisted living in a few years, which seems a gentle way to start slowing down.
I hope I take after her and not grandma-on-the-other-side: surprise dementia in her, iirc, 60s. Didn’t seem to bother her. Bothered the fuck out of everyone around her.