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[quote=Anonymous]Ok, despite a lot of assumptions about what we would be doing in our 60s and+, we will not be doing any of that.  No grandchildren, kids are also living and  doing other things in a variety of places in other areas. Yes, I know that's OK. Yes, I know they  don't owe us grandchildren.

We are all about family...lots of intergenerational family action while we raised our kids, our siblings,  their kids,  extended family- cousins, grandparents,  aunts, uncles, friends who are family. Big dinners, summer trips at the beach. Everyone is gone. Parents are gone.  Cousins are involved with their grandchildren in other cities,  siblings moved away to be with their children and grandchildren. It feels so empty. And so suddenly-  in a lot  of ways.

Of course we have friends.  They also have  their own families which are growing exponentially.  
If you needed to redesign what's next, what did you do? Did you move,  travel (we will travel a bit,  but not obsessively), start  a new career? Did you find friends will similar circumstances?

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