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What's even funnier is the people my age or younger without kids thinking there's going to be some magical person to take care of them as they get older.
Jesus people are deluded. I get many of you don't want kids. Good fucking luck expecting the system or strangers to take care of you ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ
You assume your kids are going to be your care takers? What makes you think your kids won't move away?
I never said that, but statistically and anecdotally when you get older your first line of support is your family. When you have no family you have no first line of support.
Children are a shitty retirement plan.
Statistically and anecdotally, if you only make children so they will take care of you when you're old, they will ditch your sorry ass at the fist opportunity.
Hi, I'm part of the system of strangers that takes care of the elderly in America. Most of them do have children, and are abandoned to the system. They are in a similar position to those without, but there are some whose families do still visit at the facility, and those do tend to be the ones doing the best.
It's iust a general trend though. Exceptions exist on both sides