I thought he had twins – with his current wife, but I guess not.

When you’re that age, i think it’s inconsiderate to your children to have kids. He’s almost 70, the kid would only be around 20 when he’s up there in age. There’s going to be many life experiences they’ll deprive that child of because of his age. But whatever, it’s their life..

That’s not fair or necessarily true either. My Daddy was 30 years older than My Mother, who was 33 when she had me. When he retired he was there to care for me, never an old man, but a daddy who didn’t do some things, that’s all. He died when I was 16 years old, during a time when I was going through the typical strains young girls have with their mother, making it all so much harder to get through. Luckily I grew out of that stage and resolved my issues before too long, and we had a few wonderful years together before she had a massive heart attack and suddenly died. I was 21 and she was just 54 years old . . . The age I turned on my birthday this year . . .

So see? It doesn’t matter what age your parents are, as long as they give you all they’ve got while they’re here! I get what you mean though, and felt compelled to share my own life to give you another way of looking at it. Take care.

When people this age have newborns it’s about the parents, not the child. This child will just be starting out in life and mom will be in her 70′s and dad in his 80′s. And no matter your resources, there is an emotional pull for healthy people to look after their aging parents. This was vanity pure an simple.

No matter what love is love, young or old. The advantage I had over those with younger dads was that my Daddy was home with me, every single day. He was interested in me and wanted me to do right. Other dads were at work or hanging out elsewhere having fun, believing they could always spend time with their children later . . . I might not have had a lifetime of years with Daddy, but what I got in quality isn’t such a bad trade. I do understand what you mean, really, though no life is perfect. There are plenty of young parents who fail – big time.