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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yeah, I don’t have kids and this worries me for sure. But I did not want to spend twenty years of my life raising kids and pregnancy sounds terrifying to me. So I opted out. I am terrified for old age, but I did not think it was a good idea to have kids just do that reason.

That said, practically everyone I know just puts their parents in a nursing home anyway. How many people - well, white Americans anyway - do you know who live with their parents, or nearby enough and go by a few times a week? I don’t know anyone who does that.[/quote]

We're White UMC Americans and my mom moved in with my sister after my father passed away earlier this year. Sister is divorced with a couple teenagers and when she purchased her most recent home it was intentionally with a first-floor bedroom, anticipating that one or both of our parents would eventually live with her. When my FIL was widowed his granddaughter moved in with him. My friend recently built an in-law suite on to her house for her mother to move in with them. It may not be the most common solution but intergenerational living can be a great option. Although still nursing home care may be needed for more serious issues.

I had a single, childless great-aunt and my mom handled all of her care issues. She had lived with my grandmother, her sister, for many years and she and my grandma were a pair. There was no question that coordinating her care was my mom's responsibility, along with her mother's.[/quote]

Are you Italian?

Or at least, not WASPs?[/quote]

We're WASPs but the friend with the IL suite is Filipino.

For my parent's care, my sister is a critical care nurse and she feels strongly about avoiding institutional care for as long as possible. [/quote]

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