being alone
generally being on my own for a while is ok but I'm not great when left alone with myself, particularly if I haven't got a good book to read.

I guess you would call this next bit a phobia though...

Mrs Vipros and I have pretty much decided not to have kids, if it happens, then so be it, but we aren't going to be making any conscious attempts to have them.

Sometimes however I get to thinking "what about when I'm old, and maybe my wife (gf at the moment) has passed away, and I've got no friends left."

imagine it, you're left in your old age, possibly infirm to some degree, with no one to keep you company.

frankly, the thought terrifies me. so I try not to think of it too often
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 10 Apr 2008, 15:47, 16 replies)

Don't worry....
We'll all grow old together. I'm way ahead of some of you and I'm depending on your company.

I also don't want or have kids.
( girlinthehole, Thu 10 Apr 2008, 15:57, closed)

I knew I could count on you
surrounding myself with like-minded individuals is the way to go

I kind of visualise myself when old as being like Hugh Heffner, but with a beard
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 10 Apr 2008, 16:00, closed)

I've often thought
about living in some sort of commune when I get old, cause I can't see myself being with anybody then, and much as we love each other, I'll never burden my kids.
Let's do it - no-one should be old and alone, it's just too tragic.
( I_Was_Mordred, Thu 10 Apr 2008, 16:09, closed)

the b3ta home for the terminally....
I can't think of what we could terminally be

let's have a small competition....

*prepares for no one to respond*
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 10 Apr 2008, 16:12, closed)

I want to retire to
the B3ta home for the terminally vague, where every story starts "do you remember the QoTW where they asked ..."
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Thu 10 Apr 2008, 16:23, closed)

The b3ta home for the terminally old?
Because, let's face it, you aren't getting any younger.
( Cawl, Thu 10 Apr 2008, 16:34, closed)

no kids
your a good man, and think, you are saving the planet a little bit by not spawning.

Im planning to be a crotchetty old hermit when I retire.

or a drunk that smells slightly of wee.

Haven't decided yet.
(Halfy By light alone, Thu 10 Apr 2008, 17:26, closed)

please may I have a room in this home?
I'll organise fun activities in teh afternoons.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 10 Apr 2008, 17:26, closed)

.
Having kids just so you have someone to take care of you when your older is the wrong way to go.

Don't think about it. Just stay reasonably healthy, then when you feel yourself starting to wain, go out in a blaze of alcohol, fags and drugs.

(I'm also of the no kids persuasion).
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 10 Apr 2008, 19:14, closed)

We will all sit in big chairs in a semi-circle...
I would listen to hard-core house music on my ipod and say things like 'I've danced at the Hacienda you know'. Best thing is we'd get fed lots of mashed potato. I lurve mashed potato. I also like bingo so I'm up for it.
( girlinthehole, Thu 10 Apr 2008, 20:15, closed)

I have to warn you all....
I wake up really really early, so I'll always get the best spot at the staring window.

Bingo as well? I'm there!
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Thu 10 Apr 2008, 20:17, closed)

I've been practising my pelvic floor exercises...
So when I'm an old biddy I won't wet myself when I sneeze.
( girlinthehole, Thu 10 Apr 2008, 20:19, closed)

@BGB
Don't bother - it's not a proper cemetery waiting room if it doesn't smell of pee!
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Thu 10 Apr 2008, 20:21, closed)

sounds like
this home is going to be a fun place to live

I quite like Davros' Grandad's idea though

fill myself so full of drugs that when they cremate me the whole county gets high!
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 11 Apr 2008, 8:33, closed)

Is it just me...
Or is this:

"Sometimes however I get to thinking "what about when I'm old, and maybe my wife (gf at the moment) has passed away, and I've got no friends left."

A thinly veiled proposal of marriage?
(MadBouncyDog Barking at the moon since, Fri 11 Apr 2008, 20:07, closed)

thinly veiled proposal
it's not, she doesn't read b3ta, and she knows it's going to happen at some point, but first we have to finish doing up the house.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 14 Apr 2008, 8:41, closed)