What Worries You Now Vs What Worried You 30 Years Ago

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  1. Beth Gallagher

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    I saw a similar thread on another forum. Seems that most people in their 30s-40s worry about their kids (or lack of), their marriage (or lack of), their job and work-related issues, paying bills, and about being unemployed and broke.

    People in their 60s and beyond worry most about their health (and their spouse's health, if that applies), being forced into some kind of nursing home, and not having enough money to last through old age.

    Do you agree with the above? What would you add to to the list? And what is your major worry right now on a personal level?
     
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    On a personal level, I suppose my biggest worry is my health, followed closely by the decline of this country. It concerns me to think of what kind of world my children will one day be living in.
     
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    Me and my hubby's health , hoping to continue doing good .This out of state move we are making soon. And our three single daughters and their futures living alone in old age.
     
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    I agree, @Beth Gallagher on both counts, although, like you I think, my health is better than a few years ago. 30 years ago, I was still looking to the adventure of life and I worried about the children who still lived at home.
     
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    My health, and the health of my wife, although not necessarily in that order. Thirty years ago, I think my chief concern was in building the EMT program at TSTC and maintaining my own record of every one of my program graduates passing the certification or licensure exams.
     
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    I was thinking that as parents, we never actually stop worrying about our kids. The concerns from 30 years ago were certainly different, but I worry about my children/grandkids today as well. I love your expression, "looking to the adventure of life."
     
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    I have friends who seem obsessively concerned about developing dementia/alzheimers, etc. A couple of them went through caring for a parent with that dreadful disease. I don't give a lot of thought to that; I suppose because neither of my parents seemed to lose any mental abilities as they aged.
     
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    What worries me now more than then is the reality that my time on this planet is finite.
     
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    That's too depressing. I think I'm going to have to ban you until you get happier.
     
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    I'm sorry.

    Uh, the price of peanut butter. Yeh. That's it. Chunky is through the roof.
     
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    I think most of us who have had a serious health issue have had to face that fact sooner than we expected.
     
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    I guess we should consider ourselves lucky that it happened later rather than sooner, as it does with some younger folks.
     
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    Yes, I have often said that after seeing the young faces at MD Anderson.
     
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    Yep, I have a daughter-in-law who may only have a few weeks to live from a progressive disease and she would leave my son with two children. Glad I never had to face that myself.
     
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    So sorry to hear this, Don.
     
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