{"id":64654,"date":"2017-08-26T12:14:27","date_gmt":"2017-08-26T05:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/why-ill-be-spending-my-golden-years-with-my-golden-girls\/"},"modified":"2017-08-26T12:22:03","modified_gmt":"2017-08-26T05:22:03","slug":"why-ill-be-spending-my-golden-years-with-my-golden-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/why-ill-be-spending-my-golden-years-with-my-golden-girls\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I\u2019ll be spending my golden years with my golden girls"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nKiran Aldridge and her friends are in their 40s and none of them have children. They have decided to buy a house together, where they can pool resources, skills and a yoga teacher \u2013 and never be lonelyI have a group of female friends and we are all in our early 40s. None of us have children. We have known each other for what seems to be an eternity; we went to college together, and then visited\u00a0each other at different universities and remained good friends. I clearly see a timeline of our conversations throughout the years: how we stayed up all night studying for exams fuelled by copious amounts of Red Bull and Hula Hoops; how we compared notes of the first time we dabbled with drugs\u00a0at university; we talked of the hedonistic parties we attended and the hearts crushed by an array of unsuitable partners. These days, as well as discussing the healing powers of yoga and green tea, a new topic of conversation has entered our midst like a brick through the now-opaque window of our youth: who will\u00a0look after us in our old age?I feel we have reached an age where this question can no longer be swatted like an annoying fly. It needs to be answered, or at least wrapped up and packaged like an unwanted gift. It is assumed that, if you have children, getting help in your older years is easy. But what if you don\u2019t have children to help you chug along when life becomes tough? Who will look after you then? Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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