M_also_lonely said:
Richard_39
I plan on finding a girlfriend 20 years younger than me so that when I'm 90 I'll have someone who's 70 to watch over me, change my diapers and not beat me up, so that I don't die alone when all my friends are gone
Smart choice. And a good idea. I would have a partner (if I had to), who takes interest in me, who could make me delicious food
, and take care of the house while I am at work, a hard worker and since we follow a joined family system, a woman who could take care of my parents along with me, when they grew old. A nice and simple family.
Actually, it's a lot more selfish in my case. I don't want someone to "clean up" or that "typical housewife" trope. I'm a progressist, and I entirely agree with women's liberation going on for 60+ years in that a woman is her own master and can do whatever she wants.
What I want is someone to take care of ME lol. I don't know how it is where you live, but here, we keep hearing horror stories of how old people are manhandled in retirement homes all the time. I don't want to get beaten to a pulp when I'm 90 and impotent. So, having someone younger to take care of ME when I get that age...now it looks big. I'll be 40 in 2 years, say I find a girlfriend who's 20 then, I'll look like an old dirty ******* lol. Thing is, when I'm 90, she'll be 70...which to me is ideal.
Plus, there's my own personal fear, of being lonely, as well as dying alone. That terrifies me. When I'm that old, I don't want to be the last one there and all my friends are gone, with my kids visiting once a month. I don't want to die alone and miserable, so having someone younger (if I'm lucky and she doesn't develop health problems) will solve that.
Pretty selfish when you think about it, but there it is.
But I don't need my needs catered to. I'm actually the cook in the house, I find I'm usually disatissfied with someone else cleaning so I end up doing it anyway lol, it's my job to take care of my parents when they're old and I wouldn't ask someone else to do it, and well, since she'll be younger and I'll probably be very very limpy by the time I hit 60 or 70...she can go around dating younger men. I'm fine with that.
To me it's not about a typical "family". That doesn't really exist anymore. It existed a century ago maybe, but times have changed. I just want someone to be with me when I'm old. ;-)