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@danazzo3 @Jenny_1884 No generation has ever had it easy. Life has been tough for lots of people but in different ways.

When I married in 1981 we both worked & most of our salary went on paying the mortgage as the interest rate was 15% at the time. Everything we owned was 2nd hand & we never went out for meals as we couldn’t afford to. We rented our TV Went to the launderette every weekend as had no washing machine. Only had new clothes at Xmas & birthdays as presents. We went without until we could save enough to pay for something. It’s always been hard whether you are young or old. So those out there that think we had it easy we didn’t. Our governments are to blame, not the old.

@RRR0BYN @TanaGaneva 52, child free, very happy and fulfilled. If I have channeled my maternal instinct into beings other than my potential genetic offspring lucky them.

It’s sad bc when these women hit forty and can no longer deny they actually do want kids and the plants and dogs aren’t cutting it anymore they are likely to have immense struggle doing so if they are able to at all. You’re really missing the point of the entire post here. I’m not saying women should only care about children, I’m saying replacing children with materialistic and inferior activities to soothe their maternal instincts is sad, unwise and usually ends in heartbreak.

The vast majority of women over thirty who do not have kids have made some surrogate *thing* their baby. Once you see it you can’t unsee it. It’s either their dog, their plants, immigrants, their kept unemployed husband. Sometimes it’s even as asinine as their skincare products/routine and obsessively “preserving their youth.” Almost all women over thirty without a baby will have to outsource their need to care for/manage/develop something and it’s always hollow and sad.

Old white lady, a MAGA, tells me, a Native American, to “go back to my country.” So, I set up my teepee on her front yard and said, “I’m home. Where do I park my buffalo?”

@Prezain_LJ @the_dmo1 And the original poster's comment doesn't negate my experience that I am healthy and most of the women I know are equally healthy. Which is why when research is conducted large sample sizes are used. So I dismiss the tweet beacsue it is statistically invalid

@the_dmo1 One exception doesn’t negate a rule. Lucky you, but don’t just dismiss the tweet because you are healthy.

There is hardly any woman you meet who is always completely healthy. If it is not ulcers, anemia, painful menstruation, constant fatigue or weakness, or shortness of breath, then it is lactose intolerance or one hormonal imbalance or another. Sometimes, I wonder why nature made it this way. It really does feel unfair.

@Prezain_LJ Maybe you need to reconsider the type of women you meet and associate with

@MarinStrade @Frizzable @fesshole exactly ... there are plenty of people with kids that haven't contributed to wider society and plenty of childfree people who have

So as a caregiver for my elderly aunt who had no kids who lives in one of those retirement centers, and who is there visiting her every other day, I can confidently say that the many lonely men and women populating the halls and begging for supplies and company from me - most of whom who have kids - disprove your thesis. Kids are no guarantee of companionship at any age - only your own efforts at being a good person and building a community can do that.

I'm a woman. I absolutely can't stand kids. Got my tubes tied when I was just 23. Everyone was trying to stop me and telling me how much I would regret this. Now I'm almost 40 and yet have to see the day I don't pat myself on the back for my decision whenever I see a crying baby.

@Frizzable @fesshole Having kids so you have people to care for you when you are older is not the right reason to have kids. i haven't had children, but have been a nurse all my life. Does this mean I shouldn't be cared for? There are plenty of ways, other than children, to contribute to society

@fesshole The regret hits at 60 when you are alone in a retirement center, and have absolutely no one calling you until you exit game

@Keir_Starmer Wages are only rising faster for the public sector and minimum wage. My wage has stagnated

I know people are frustrated about the pace of change. I am too. Getting our country back on track will take time, but despite the chaos we inherited, we're making progress. Wages are rising faster than prices. Waiting lists are down. Inflation and interest rates are falling. This year, Britain will turn the corner, and you will start to feel the change we promised – in your bills, in your community and in your public services.

@MbarkCherguia shepherds pie

The last thing you ate is what you must name the sheep.

@jeremymstamper @dataTranslator @escapefrommelos Maybe ... Just maybe ... Care for them ? I did for both of my parents

@dataTranslator @escapefrommelos What’s he supposed to do? Smother them with a pillow?

i’m at the age now where visiting home for the holidays means seeing multiple elderly relatives dying in incredibly expensive “nursing homes” for “end of life care”; heroic medical services in disgusting shit-smelling institutional buildings, packed and filthy, staffed by the kind of human capital you’d fond at butger king, which cost about 7-10k USD a month… it all feels extractive, humiliating, a tortute, worse than death. the rationale i hear is “they need this care to be safe”, but i’d rather live six months less than exist in this kind of warehouse-stockyard-cattlepen. what happened to people just dying at home?

@escapefrommelos What happened to people dying at home ? Then you wouldn't be visiting nursing homes you'd be doing the caring. You outsourced it that's all.

@Matt_Pinner yes ... all the people I know who are tradespeople earn significantly more money than people, including me, who went to university

Be honest because I’m trying to prove a point Would you back your child or grandchild's decision to attend trade school rather than college?

@nicksortor I have. But then again I've spent most of my life working as a nurse with people with autism and learning disabilities.

🚨 RFK JR: “I’ve NEVER seen a 70 year old with full blown autism… non-verbal, toe-walking, not toilet trained… You’re ONLY seeing it in kids! It’s an EPIDEMIC!” That’s a really good point. I haven’t seen that either. This MUST end!

@Anna_Soubry Absolutely agree 💯 per cent

I’d rather have #AngelaRayner in Government than #Farage any day

@darrengrimes I think you should stand by your principles and resign. It's the only way Darren.

@Louisecdtv @StryderBourke @LindaPears87262 @bottomley50 Up until 2008 it was not mandatory for any employers to pay into a workers pension. After that it was introduced legally according to the employer size. legally my employer had to introduce a pension in 2012 when i was 38. So i worked for 18 years with no workplace pension

@oftheWildFells @StryderBourke @LindaPears87262 @bottomley50 Did your employer have a scheme that they just didn't contribute to ? Did you retire in 2012 ?

Rubbish. I'm 68. I have a state pension and nhs pension. Why do I need it when the public services need it.

@mahoney_pm @LindaPears87262 completely agree. And also look at why the state pension is to low and ways to support people on low wages to be able to pay for a pension.

@LindaPears87262 I'm like you I don't need it, however, I think the original income limit was too low and disqualified a lot of people who did and I think that's what they'll look at. I'd rather though that they look at why it's needed and why are the energy companies allowed to rip us off?

@Trevorgtfc @LindaPears87262 perhaps some of the people working after the age of 70 are doing so because they have to as they only have state pension. I know i will have to. Maybe therefore the WFA means they might not have to work so hard when they should be taking more care of their health.

@LindaPears87262 On another note, there are over 1million people over the age of 70 working full time and claiming their state pension, do they need the WFA , there are a lot of pensioners that have thousands in the bank, do they need it? I know pensioners that used their wfa to pay for holidays.

@Louisecdtv @StryderBourke @LindaPears87262 @bottomley50 Because in my case I worked for an employer that up until 2012 did not legally have to pay any money into a pension. I did not earn enough money to get a private one.

@StryderBourke @LindaPears87262 @bottomley50 Would you be kind enough to explain why people only have one please

@LindaPears87262 with a state pension and a nhs pension you will probably be over the limit they will propose. Sorted.