Getting Old

[Whereissummer24]

Does anyone wonder what it will be like being older in say 25yrs - I'd be mid 70's. My husband is older and in reality likely to go before I do, I have friends with husbands who are unwell or significantly older. Am i totally ludicrous to think maybe we can all live together with carers and have a great time??!! I am well aware i could drop down dead tomorrow before anyone says this!!

It make perfect sense for widows to band together! Start planning now!

YABU. @Whereissummer24

Women only communal living/living in complexes is already here. You could get all your women friends together when (if) you are all widowed or bereaved/divorced etc. and rent a small block of flats/big house or something like that. Sounds like an idyllic existence, one without mansplaining, male arrogance, and all the rest of the attributes that drive women crazy. They do have their pluses, but when they are gone and us women are of an older age, the ideal is to live just with women.

I'd love it.

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My ex uni housemate friends and I talk about this all the time 😂

It’s something we’ve discussed in all seriousness with several of our friends. We’re all childfree and many of us are expats, so no nearby family. Some of us already live next door to each other or a couple of streets away, so we’re used to the etiquette of being neighbours without it being overbearing. We could feasibly all pool resources and buy a large mansion or complex which would enable us to live independently with hired or live in support when needed - though finding the right property would be tricky.

I don’t think it’s a bad idea at all, particularly as lifestyles, family dynamics and geographies change and many older people won’t be able to rely on their children being local or willing to care even if they have children.

I couldn't think of anything worse 😂
I value my alone time so much and constantly having people around would do my head in! But then I don't have a partner (and not planning to) so I'm used to it. I'm also very set in my ways already so would not enjoy sharing a living space with anyone.

I'll be 80 in 25 years if I make it that far.

My best friend and I are both single and already planning this! To have our own flats but in the same block/on the same street.