My male friends with no kids: “I have to wait HOW much longer before I die?” My male friends with kids: “I only have HOW much longer before I die?” Purpose breeds urgency. Kids aren’t for everyone, but they certainly make life tremendously urgent by their very nature.
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With how my life worked out socially? I thank God every day for my daughter and the joy being her Dad filled me with for the last 18 years. I like being alone, doing my own thing but I love my time with her more.
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What kind of life is that? I never wanted kids, and despite me being with a woman who has them, the purpose God gives in every season shouldn't rely on someone else.
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I don't date, have a wife, and or kids, and life is pretty terrifying at 36. Staring down the possibility of 44 more years of this isn't a pleasant thought. I need to try to put some systems in place to get out of this hole I'm in.
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Relationships are the legacy you leave. Build those relationships, especially mentoring younger people or working on lasting benefits for others, like volunteering or serving in church or caring for people who genuinely need help.
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If I get past 50 while still single, I'm becoming a monk.
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Those years are pretty bad for women, too. I once read about a former movie star in a nursing home whose last wish was to "be on tv" again because she had no better definition of happiness than that time of her life. She died right after Make A Wish gave her that wish.
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Its rough on us ladies too. But, I made a decision early in life not to procreate without a husband. I still don't know if that was the right choice, since I can't now.
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Without kids, a man has to work a lot harder to find purpose and urgency in those later years. Otherwise years 60-90 are terrifying.