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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I retired early at 53. My wife never worked outside the home.  We had all four of our kids before we turned 30.  We are now in our late 50s and have grandchildren.  We all live in the DC area and see the grandkids almost every day.  We are a huge part of their lives and they are a huge part of ours.

To those of you who say “I don’t need grandparents” all I can say is you don’t know what you or your kids are missing. [/quote]

Grandparents are great, but it's a relatively new phenomena that people really get to see their grandkids grow up. My paternal grandma started having kids young, at 20, but life on the farm before the pill, she had kids well into her 40s. Her last child was born at 44 and she miscarried her last pregnancy at 46. So she saw some grandkids grow but not all. It's not like in the old days people had all their kids early and then decided to stop.

People are living longer now. My generation can live to 100, at least of those who aren't obese and living unhealthy lifestyles. [/quote]

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