This golden ring is meaningless on its own
This king-size bed is empty without a queen
This table for two is simply over-sized
This bottle of wine is meant to be shared
Flying solo sure is fast
gets ya where your going
I’d rather take my time
make a memory on the way
living is just a half-life
when you’re only half-hearted
Thought I’d find happiness never sharing
Thought I’d find freedom by never caring
Thought living fast would make time go past
Thought there would be no time for sorrow
Flying solo sure is fast
gets ya where your going
I’d rather take my time
make a memory on the way
living is just a half-life
when you’re only half-hearted
I get so irritated with friends who plan to never marry or have children! I say go volunteer at a nursing home and see how that works out for you! Most people wish they had children and the ones that do wish they had been kinder. Just saying.
It does work for some people – ones that build another kind of community of love around them. For others it is lonely in the closing twilight years…
I have yet still to meet that person!
Well they wouldn’t end up in a retirement home if it worked
Lol well some are medical reasons but lots I have my suspicions!
Jasmine, I have to say that is an awful awful reason to have children. Just so they can take care of you in your old age? If that is the reason someone wants kids, I hope they don’t have them. Such a selfish reason to become a parent.
I’m not sure if that is what Jasmine was implying – that children look after you in old age. My reading is more that one requires family to have connections and community. I don’t think that is the only way to have that ongoing community. Still for some people – depending on cultural background – that is a historical expectation of the extended family: “When I am in need they will lend a hand or care for me. And if they are in need I will do the same.”
We see that “social contract” clearly in Mennonite and Amish culture…
That has certainly weakened/faded as part of our social fabric in Western society – perhaps to our loss but also to our freedom