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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My spinster grandaunt who was a school teacher had a great life. No husband and no kids. A life free of responsibility. After her retirement she travelled a lot. Now, she is in assisted living in Georgia and happy as a clam. Very small carbon footprint too and no fear of climate change, pandemic, societal decay. When she is gone, she is gone. [/quote]

Your last sentence sounds like the most depressing thing to me. Most people want to leave something behind. [/quote]

I disagree. I don’t think most people care. [/quote]

Agree.  I think your aunt’s life sounds great and meaningful.  Most people here will end up in nursing homes with kids that don’t visit and that don’t want any of their stuff (except money). [/quote]

I also think so. She was respected in her profession, had connections with a lot of students and their parents, had a vibrant social life, had hobbies, was able to spend time with relatives, parents, siblings, had her summers off, kept a lovely home etc. Even now, she is joyful and upbeat because she has friends in the assisted living place. You are correct that many, many people are sad because their relations with their spouse and kids ended badly and they feel neglected and unloved. So they are depressed and sad. Whereas my great-aunt, was used to people coming and going from her life because her students moved on each year to another classroom.  So, she learned to live in the present and enjoy people.  She is curious and interested in people, she is happy that she can still do things that she loves. She is always happy to attend all the family events and is such a positive and accommodating person. Being in the assisted living may have also taught her that in the end, she had a blessed life even without kids and husband, unlike the other bitter people who live there. She is caring but not a pushover, curious but not intrusive, she is welcoming to all in the extended family. She is the first to adopt technology and will begin her day by making sure that she has wished people on their birthdays and anniversaries and also talking to all her elderly relatives and friends.

Its how you have lived your life that matters, how you have nurtured relationships that matters. [/quote]

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