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[–] Logansrun 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

This never happened. The older you get the more you value your children.

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[–] PaulNeriAustralia 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

That is very true but unfortunately your children don't feel the same about you.

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[–] getshanked 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago  (edited ago)

/r/thathappened

Even if it were the case, there are 99 other elderly patients who love their kids to death. I work in an allied health profession and I’m doing placement at an aged care facility. Not a single one of them ever talks about their fucking jobs, their holidays or time spent with friends. It is ALWAYS family.

“No amount of money ever bought a second of time” is quote from an Avengers movie that I thought was actually really good. When you stop and just think about the quote, everything outside of family seems worthless.

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[–] Bremertonbruiser 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago 

Eye laddy but friends can be family too

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[–] getshanked 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Yes but ultimately, they are still not the same. And if they have their own family, you can bet you’re coming in 2nd place. Family is legacy, it’s your mark left on the world, and the people who have it seem to be at peace while the childless are forever unsettled and confronted with a completely pointless existence.

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[–] Thisismyvoatusername 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

What subreddit is that from?

I actually find the "'the youth' (I'm 30)" the most annoying part of that. As if it is so important to (a) demonstrate the OP is an adult and (b) make fun of an older person for think someone several decades younger is in their youth. A 30 y/o is young and that is true even compared to people in their 50s, much less someone in their 90s. I remember how my grandma used to call the other elderly women in her Sunday school class 'girls', because while they were in their 70s, they were also 20 years younger than she was. Fuck I hate reddit.

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[–] 22863018? [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

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[–] TheNerdyCowboy ago 

Roasties do not look younger and happier. Last fall I met a 20 year old gilr who looked 35

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[–] gimpyoldman 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago  (edited ago)

And that's why she's 95 and in a hospital room alone talking to a stranger.

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[–] midnightblue1335 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

As angry as this lie of a story makes me, it also leaves a sad, empty feeling within me.

Imagine being 95, and the only people you have around you to pass on your wisdom and life experience are absolute strangers who wouldn't piss on you to put out a fire, unless they were being paid.

Being 95, bed-ridden and dying of old age, surrounded by your children, grandchildren, and perhaps even a few very young great-grandchildren- all of whom adore you and do their best to make your final days comfortable and happy, while expecting nothing in return (besides the love and care you've provided them for your entire life). Sounds much worse than literally begging to offer a strange 30 year old woman (who is being paid to deal with you) your wisdom, doesn't it?

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[–] gimpyoldman ago  (edited ago)

Last year a ladder collapsed on me(68) and fell and fractured my hip.. My worrier wife(71) took me to the ER, got me admitted and scheduled for surgery the next day, then went home and had a heart attack. I was in the hospital for 6 days, my wife was transported to a different hospital 30 miles away and was there for 8 days. One granddaughter came to my room after school (college) everyday, and the other granddaughter did the same for my wife. I don't talk much, but it was nice to have her there.

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[–] 22860353? ago 

That sounds like made up shit.

95 year old woman saying 'little fuckers'? nope.

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[–] deathtothesaracens ago 

"Be like me... in need of care from a complete stranger that will likely be unfriendly towards my race"

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[–] Fetalpig ago 

No 90 year old talks that way. Keep telling that to yourself,my holidays are filled with grandkids and adult children having an absolutely amazingly fun time,creating memories,something this unfuckable sow will never grasp. Nothing like spending a beautiful day in the garden with my grandkids planting vegetables. Nothing compares to the pride of those kids growing a tomato. And getting to take said tomato to the table for dinner. This is priceless.

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