Article on Middle-Aged Orphans

[lesliepear]

For those who've lost both their parents.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11353-2003Nov24.html

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[luscious-purple.livejournal.com]

Well, I finally read that article on my own time, at home, and I didn't cry. In fact, I thought the article was quite good. I should look up at least one of the books mentioned in the article; maybe those books will help me get through my own issues.

I couldn't help noticing, though, that most of the middle-aged orphans mentioned in the story seem to have other near kin -- they are married, or have kids, or have at least one sibling. Or some combination thereof. Even one person in that article whom I have been told is openly gay has a partner of many years. That's why I feel SO different.

I don't know whether I should go off on a frenzy of personal-ad-answering and speed dating, or if I should just say "fuhgedaboutit" to men and pursue single motherhood and hope I don't kill the kid by accident (I'm such a disorganized slob).

It works out

[lesliepear.livejournal.com]

I'm not the most organized or tydiest of people either, and Alan's fine :)

I don't have a lot of family either (besides DH and Alan and DH's family):

I have my grandmother (who is 94) 4 cousins - 2 per side(none of whom I am very close to, the ones I like best don't live nearby), and an aunt and uncle. The friends I've met through DH are our family also it seems (he has a small family also).