I find it amusing that parents often express the idea that when their children are 18 or go off to University or marry or just go live on their own, that somehow the parents are then not engaged or involved as much as they used to be.......(long sentence, I know). This is not the case, for most families.
I have children in their mid to late thirties, with children of their own who are no less involved with me than when they were say, 2 or 9 or 14. Of course, parents could go away and not respond but for me that just isn't an option. I like that they may still need to know something I know or just want some reassurance. I don't think we're really too dependent on one another, but maybe we are. I like to think that we are just "close".......oh what a tangled web we weave......."
But at any rate that is what's so and I accept it because it just suits me. So, the next time you find yourself thinking of the future and being without children....GET REAL! It ain't gonna happen. (unless YOU go far away, that is).
Be well, be happy,
Cheryl
BTW the picture is my son and one of my grandsons....
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