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Coventina

(28,481 posts)
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 01:32 AM Jul 2

I am so incredibly glad I have no surviving children.

Apologies if this is TMI, but it's true.

My only son died of natural causes as an infant, and I have had numerous miscarriages.

It was pain beyond belief.

Now, I'm grateful.

This planet is going to hell.
More and more, I am convinced we are going to have the runaway greenhouse effect that turned Venus into a hellscape.
I think it will happen in my lifetime. (Gen-X)

Before that happens, I expect to see Fascism take over the globe politically.

I'll continue to fight, do what I can, but every day I feel our doom getting closer.

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I am so incredibly glad I have no surviving children. (Original Post) Coventina Jul 2 OP
I am old. H2O Man Jul 2 #1
I'm gay. markodochartaigh Jul 2 #2
Mark Twain said H2O Man Jul 2 #3
A famous Union general after the markodochartaigh Jul 2 #5
I'm old, too. hamsterjill Jul 2 #4
My older daughter H2O Man Jul 2 #6
I hope my departing 'gifts' are adequate elleng Jul 2 #7
My daughter is fighting for equity. usonian Jul 2 #8
Sorry, but I hear ya.... Jack Valentino Jul 2 #9
I am grateful that I will probably die sooner than later. BigmanPigman Jul 2 #10
Well, a Venus-like Antartica "islands" will sink FL's tax-free billionaires Justice matters. Jul 2 #11
So what kind of car are you driving? Multiguy Jul 2 #12
FYI Trump is a piece of utter fucking shit Skittles Jul 2 #13
F off BWdem4life Jul 2 #15
I don't have any kids, and I am so grateful for that Grim Chieftain Jul 2 #14

H2O Man

(77,560 posts)
1. I am old.
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 01:44 AM
Jul 2

I worry about my children and grandchildren. And all of the good human beings.

It was not "TMI." You expressed the level of dread that saturates our society, that go beyond the pain that a "normal" life brings ..... whatever the fuck "normal" is.

Recommended.

markodochartaigh

(3,469 posts)
2. I'm gay.
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 01:46 AM
Jul 2

I grew up a half century ago in a very, very red area of Texas. I have no idea the number of times that I was told growing up that I was going to burn in hell for all eternity.

If the only punishment for being gay is to burn in hell for all eternity, it is well worth it not to have brought a child into the world that we have made.

H2O Man

(77,560 posts)
3. Mark Twain said
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 01:50 AM
Jul 2

"Heaven for the climate, hell for the company."

One of the posters I made for rallies has an angry picture of Nixon, and says, "Looking Down from Hell in Disgust." I had several people ask me if I meant "looking up" I asked them where hell is? None could answer beyond, "I don't know."

markodochartaigh

(3,469 posts)
5. A famous Union general after the
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 01:56 AM
Jul 2

Civil War said "If I owned Texas and Hell, I'd rent out Texas and live in Hell".

hamsterjill

(16,162 posts)
4. I'm old, too.
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 01:51 AM
Jul 2

I have grown, adult children, but no grandchildren. I’m thankful for that.

I cannot imagine anyone wanting to bring children into this world right now.

H2O Man

(77,560 posts)
6. My older daughter
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 01:59 AM
Jul 2

lives in Europe, with her husband and baby daughter. I am thinking my younger daughter will move there soon, and take a teaching position. It's kind of the opposite of when my grandfather's sisters and aunts came here from Ireland. I tell people here about that European country's investment in health care, families, and education.

usonian

(19,402 posts)
8. My daughter is fighting for equity.
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 02:09 AM
Jul 2

She's got the right stuff. From her Dad?

I always held the highest values, and acted accordingly, even in tough situations, +/- 1 dB, as they say, because nobody's perfect.

One boss of mine went pretty nonlinear, so I decided to quit. I did so on "Take your kid to work" day, showing her how to leave things in good order, and to enforce limits. In this case, on micromanagement.

Jack Valentino

(2,890 posts)
9. Sorry, but I hear ya....
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 02:14 AM
Jul 2

Likewise grateful that I produced no children that I know of....
although a son would be helpful now....

EDIT: Ok, that was stupid---- a daughter might be just as helpful---
and possibly even more nurturing to garden plants

Sorry, stupid oldman remarks.... I do regret not having produced a child of any sex,
especially as I age





BigmanPigman

(53,408 posts)
10. I am grateful that I will probably die sooner than later.
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 02:21 AM
Jul 2

I chose not to have kids when I was 12 and chose to have dogs instead. 8 years ago my doctor said I'd probably be dead within 7 years. It's strange but I was sort of counting on it. I made plans and preparations and was very happy I wouldn't have to live in tRump-World. I only wanted my little dog to be healthy and happy and not die before she did (she was very, very attached to me...true love). Now, I am still alive and it SUCKS!!! I will be bankrupted due to healthcare costs and then I will die...this is and has been the MAGA plan all along. Bankrupt then kill us. Woohoo!

I am down to 82 pounds due to tRump stress. My primary care doctor is a Dem and he understands. When I carry a protest sign a strong gust of wind blows me away.

Justice matters.

(8,685 posts)
11. Well, a Venus-like Antartica "islands" will sink FL's tax-free billionaires
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 02:39 AM
Jul 2

and millionaires underwater...

They don't care. The population will have to move up north.

Multiguy

(10 posts)
12. So what kind of car are you driving?
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 03:05 AM
Jul 2

You must understand, it is one of the meaningful areas you likely have thought about.

Grim Chieftain

(441 posts)
14. I don't have any kids, and I am so grateful for that
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 03:51 AM
Jul 2

My sister-in-law is a lifelong Republican, fortunately a never Trumper, and says she fears for her grand kids, especially her granddaughters. As a baby boomer, I have seen this country go through some bad times, but it seems that we are now in a death spiral. Unfortunately, I don't see any sign of hope on the horizon. Sorry to be gloomy, but I have to be honest,

Thank goodness for the DUers here who continue to fight the good fight. You're the best among us.

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