Have you seen spouses who lived to a great age and did not have children?
Childfree are giving hell. Without fail on any forum you can meet a user (gender is not important, but more often female), who will write using “caps lock” that he or she strenuously does not want children. Well, live for yourself alone, who is bothering you, why shout about it at every turn?
This is what interests me. Has anyone ever seen those childless couples in old age? Usually everyone has children and grandchildren. No, there are, of course, those who do not plan to have children. For example, people met in their old age, their children have already grown up, and it is too late to give birth to new ones. Or they outlived their children (it is sad, but also happens). Perhaps earlier it was simply customary to have a child (one or more), so those spouses who decided to live without children simply had not yet grown old.
I am not acquainted with these childless elderly couples, but my colleague said that her grand-aunt and her husband lived up to 90+ years, passed away a month apart. They were in love, took care of each other until the very last day. They didn’t feel sick at heart because of the lack of children (after-effects of abortion in the youth), but did not want to adopt. They lived in perfect harmony together for the whole life, but they had a solid reason – they could not have children, they didn’t feel unwillingness to have them.
I wonder if it is possible to live happily until ripe old age without children? Will those who do not want to have a baby change their decisions in the future?
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