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What Sense of Meaning and Purpose Can Aging Single People Have Without a Family? (exploding-heads.com)

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There seem to be a growing number of unmarried people today who may have been brought up to view their purpose in life as being tied to having a family, and they may be getting too old to have kids (in the case of some unmarried women for example).

How can they find a sense of meaning in life without a family?

I have trouble wrapping my head around this, due to the understanding that a person could dedicate their life to God and live as a celibate as like a monk or priest or nun if they don't marry, and I feel pretty content with the idea of being married or single or in some religious commitment.

But this seems like it may be a growing problem for other people who do not share my outlook and I was wondering if people have ideas on how these people can cope with the issue.

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[–] zoe@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

one didn't ask to be born. parents could have brought their kid for their own entertainement, or mom wanted to get pregnant so she could get an allowance from daddy after a divorce, or parents wanted to have a kid in order to handle him/her as a human pet..so many justifications for our existence. but also and its not fun that one would kill oneself either. the meaning is what one would possibly make with one's life ? one could try to be rich, one could try to be a doctor. maybe the goal of life is to die in the most painless way while having spent a journey worthwhile.