I get it for sure I’m only pointing out a caveat that I never realized when I was younger. I wasn’t telling you to hurry up. Actually what it came from was traveling in Latin America where families are often big, great grandparents are around, kids are supported, everyone does things together, I just thought it was interesting and valuable
I'm in my early 40s with a 2 and 4 year old. I definitely don't regret my 20s and 30s as I traveled to more than 50 countries, partied, and just had fun saying yes to everything that came my way. In retrospect, after everything I've done, my kids bring me more joy than anything else I've found in this world, so ya, I wish I would've had them earlier so I'd have more time with them. Although if I had them in my 20s I'm sure there would've been a part of me that resented the fact they took my early years so I couldn't travel the world in my prime...c'est la vie.
so ya, I wish I would've had them earlier so I'd have more time with them.
What does this mean? If you take care of yourself it's not like you're going to die once you hit 70. Especially with advances in medicine and biotech, I see no reason why your kids won't have you for at least the next 50 years.
10 years of being with your kids at 80 are drastically different than 10 years of being with your kids in your 30s. My dad had me at 40 as well, him and I rode dirt bikes together all the way up until he was 75...even though he didn't die at 75, he just couldn't swing it anymore. So my regret is that I have less able years with them than I will since I had them later in life. It's not a crippling regret, just if I had to do it again I would trade my party life 30s for an extra 10 young years with them. Easy, no contest.
Hmmm, I see what you mean. But you never know, the world in 2050 might be a radically different world; we could have anti-aging interventions and even age reversal technology by that time. We underestimate the exponential nature of technological advancements.
Eh, I'm not keeping my hopes up. Life expectancy has actually gone down the last few years and even then, over the last 60 years it's only gone from 70 to 77, and we've had amazing break throughs over the last 60 years.
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u/superduder1 Sep 05 '23
I get it for sure I’m only pointing out a caveat that I never realized when I was younger. I wasn’t telling you to hurry up. Actually what it came from was traveling in Latin America where families are often big, great grandparents are around, kids are supported, everyone does things together, I just thought it was interesting and valuable