Well, 63 so far, but yup. 🙂

Never wanted kids and have never regretted not having kids. It's difficult enough trying to maintain friendships with people who had kids because I don't like spending too much time around their kids. I can't imagine having to deal with them 24/7 as a parent.

And staring down the double barrel shotgun of climate change and resource depletion. I wouldn't wish the next couple of centuries on my descendants, and I feel sorry for my friend's kids (all of whom have decided to not have kids).

Having kids would have meant my NPD mom would have TOTAL control over me. Think republicans are bad, a NPD parent brings the abuse home.

Just have to make sure you have a lot of younger friends that are willing to step up and take care of you when you're sick, in a hospital, hospice or nursing home with dementia. Your POA choices are crucial. Make sure you pick several in case one refuses the thankless POA job. Good luck with that.

I don't see the advantage of extending life if I don't have the facilities to enjoy it. We are all but a blink of an eye in the universe. I will be replaced by even better stardust.

Yup. If I'm not able to take care of myself. If my quality of life is that poor; I'm taking the emergency exit out of here. There's no reason to prolong life as long as possible if I'm not actually living.

@Jess Nut That's been my plan since I realized what life is, at age 15.

I remember laying in the hospital bed for a week, unable to walk. I didn't see quality of life. Everything I was used to doing was gone. It was when I understood why some people choose a quiet exit.

Everyone should have all the medical and social support they need for a good quality of life. But when all of that inevitably fails due to age, illness, or injury, they should have other choices as well. Some people may want to stick around because they have loving family around them that they want to spend more time with, some may not. The practice of forcing the longest life possible on people because "only god can decide when it's your time" is barbaric.

From what I have seen, this country does not value our dignity and treats us like livestock. The language from health care professionals revolves around our ability to reproduce and work. That's it. We exist to enrich the values of shareholders. I wish I was joking, but trying to advocate out of those lines might get one viewed as a real threat to profits.

90% of health care spending happens in the last three months of life. It's a scam. Graceful, dignified death makes far more sense but isn't nearly as profitable (though even hospice care has become a scam now).