[deadbabe]

Even if you have kids, it’s a gamble that they will be anything more than an occasional visitor.

At 70 years old, your kids will be fully formed adults with their own families and lives taking priority and they don’t have time for some senior citizen’s problems or diaper changes. womp womp

[koolba]

> Even if you have kids, it’s a gamble that they will be anything more than an occasional visitor.

It’s hardly a gamble when your actions and life choices tip the scales.

People who complain about their kids not being a part of their life in their old age should spend their idle time considering how they raised said kids. If you do it right, they want to see you.

> At 70 years old, your kids will be fully formed adults with their own families and lives taking priority and they don’t have time for some senior citizen’s problems or diaper changes.

Having someone who cares about you is more than just listening to rambling stories and wiping your ass. It’s everything from a second pair of eyes watching out for your well being to a sense of connection to the future.

[EA-3167]

It's worth noting that this is very much not true for many people, especially ones who come from cultures which don't simply abandon their elderly relatives. No one in my family has ever been simply left to their own devices to sink or swim.

[usrusr]

Chances are you only complain why they hardly ever visit or call. But even that is far from having nobody at all except for your last surviving generational peers.

Parents and grandparents perceive their descendants' life as if it was a third person view game. Much of it happens of-screen and the controls are terrible, often worse than absent, but it still keeps them interested in the next day/month/year. If you only have your own remaining years to look forward to you have much less.