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10-19-2017 07:50 PM
True enough, Noel7.
10-19-2017 08:15 PM
@Vivian Florimond wrote:Yes, anyone can be hit by a truck at any age but the reality, and the demography, of being a 68 year old man is that his young children may grow up without a father. Someone mentioned Tony Randall having married a young woman who had his two children when he was well past his three-score-and-ten. And what happened? Tony Randall died when his children were very young. They probably have no financial worries but I’ll bet those kids would rather have their father. Billy Joel needs to start thinking of those children. He’s not going to live forever. If he’s lucky, he’ll see them graduate from high school.
So what? Young parents and middle aged parents die, it's a fact of life. The death of parent does not mean a can't go on to live a happy, fulfilled life. Th vast majority do. Older fathers usually have sons from their first wives who step in to be father figures to they younger siblings when geezer dad passes. Just as when a young father; male relatives step in to be father figures to the children.
10-19-2017 08:26 PM
Just a random tidbit: Tony Randall was married to his first wife Florence for 54 years until her death.
There are always exceptions but I’m more in the have-your-children before you’re eligible for social security camp.
10-19-2017 08:33 PM
I have mixed feelings about this. I married a middle aged man when I was in my late twenties. We now have two adult children.
Many have mentioned the possibility that the older parent might die before the children have a good amount of time with him. There are other issues besides death. That parent might have health issues that prevent him from fully participating in their Iives.
10-19-2017 08:35 PM
@tansy wrote:Just a random tidbit: Tony Randall was married to his first wife Florence for 54 years until her death.
There are always exceptions but I’m more in the have-your-children before you’re eligible for social security camp.
I just saw that, too @tansy Perhaps his first wife didn't want children or was unable to have them.
10-19-2017 08:43 PM
@september wrote:I have mixed feelings about this. I married a middle aged man when I was in my late twenties. We now have two adult children.
Many have mentioned the possibility that the older parent might die before the children have a good amount of time with him. There are other issues besides death. That parent might have health issues that prevent him from fully participating in their Iives.
I might qualify for that. I got tired easily, I couldn't be out in the sun without getting sick, I almost didn't make it through the pregnancy, or so they said, and I started having serious problems when she was a very young adult.
That said, we're very close, we have a lot of fun together, and actually all three of us are a close knit family.
I once asked my then RA how it would be when I was elderly and she said, "We don't know. People with Lupus usually don't live as long as you have." That was a little chilling.
10-19-2017 08:52 PM
Good for him.I’m a huge Billy Joel fan!!
It’s easier for rich people to have kids later in life.They can always hire help.And they never have to worry about providing for their kids if something should happen to them.
Like the song says “only the good die young”!! Go Billy!!
10-19-2017 09:09 PM
@chrystaltree wrote:
@lulu2 wrote:You know, if a 68 year old woman found a way to carry a baby for her young, boy toy (and 4th) husband, the world would be saying GROSS.
There's a doctor in Italy who has performed in vitro on women in their 60's and your're right. Most people do think it's wrong and the have 1000 reasons why a woman of that age should not become a mother, even though the husbands are much, much younger. But no one ever has such reservations when a 60, 70, 80 year old man becomes a father. That old double standard.
Some act like it's an honor for an old man to father a baby. While an old woman, it's a disgrace! The worst of double standards.
10-19-2017 09:14 PM
@tansy wrote:Just a random tidbit: Tony Randall was married to his first wife Florence for 54 years until her death.
There are always exceptions but I’m more in the have-your-children before you’re eligible for social security camp.
There's something wonderful about not having parents many generations separations. Heck, someone 70 can't even relate to young ones. They make nice grandfathers....
10-19-2017 10:26 PM
Who Was the Oldest Man to Father a Child?
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World's oldest dad, 97, devastated after wife leaves him following disappearance of their son
PUBLISHED: 09:41 EDT, 3 October 2013 | UPDATED: 13:21 EDT, 3 October 2013
The world's oldest dad has been left devastated after his wife left him - just days before his youngest son's first birthday.
Ramajit Raghav hit the headlines in 2010 when he claimed to be the oldest man in the world to father a child. Incredibly he then went on to father a second child last year.
But now, at the age of 97, his wife Shakuntala Devi, who is believed to be in her early 50s, has deserted the nonagenarian and taken along son, Ranjeet, who is set to celebrate his first birthday on October 5.
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Split: World's oldest dad Ramjeet Raghav says he is devastated after his wife Shankuntala left him just a few days before their son's first birthday
Shaken Raghav said: 'Last year, around this time, we were so happy. Ranjeet was born. I felt blessed.
'This year, all I have is my loneliness and the company of the four walls of my house.'
It is the latest bad news to strike the pensioner, who lives in a single room tenement in Haryana, northern India.
Despite the joy of fathering his first child, Bikramjeet, in 2010 and his second son, Ranjeet, last October, he has since been hit by the dissapearance of his eldest.
Six months ago, Shakuntala took their elder son Bikramjeet for a check-up at the local hospital, but she says she fell asleep at the bus stop on the way home. When she woke up, Bikramjeet was missing.
Mr Raghav hit the headlines in 2010 when he claimed to be the oldest man in the world to father a child aged last year. Incredibly he then went on to father a second child last year
Loss: Ramjeet Raghav poses for a picture with his wife Shankuntala baby Ranjeet and older son Bikramjeet, four, who tragically disappeared earlier this year
Mr Raghav says the stress of the situation had begun to take its toll on the pair's relationship as they desperately tried in vain to search for their child.
He said: 'We could never find him after he went missing. We went from pillar to post in search of our son. But we got nothing'.
'When Bikramjeet went missing, I was devastated. But without my wife I feel so helpless. I think my world has come to an end.'
Mr Raghav had last year said the arrival of second son was a 'God's gift'.
Now living in in a single room tenement, he said he has lodged his wife and son's missing report with local government officials.
'She just left last week. She did not say anything. She just walked out of the door with Ranjeet in her arms. I don't know where they are or why she left me,' he claimed.
Devastated: Mr Raghav, 96, poses with a photo of his wife at his home in India today
Ramjeet Raghav poses at the entrance to his house (left) earlier this week and during happier times with wife Shankuntala and son Bikramjeet in 2010
'I met Shakuntala on a rainy morning while sitting next to a Muslim shrine and brought her home. She didn't have any family or friends around. She was all that I had in life.'
During an interview last year, Shakuntala said she would've been dead by now if it wasn't for Ramajit's caring ways.
'It doesn't matter how old he is, I love him and I care for him dearly even though he shouts at me sometimes.
'He doesn't seem old to me, he can make love like any 25-year-old man, even better because he can go on all night, and he makes a wonderful father,' Shakuntala had said.
Lonely: Mr Raghav sits outside his home waiting for his wife and son to return
Raghav, a landless labourer who lives on a government pension of Rs 650 (£6.50 a month), first married at the age of 24. But after being widowed for 25 years, he married Shakuntala.
'Shakuntala and I have been together for 23 years,' Raghav recalls.
'But 23 years later, she seems to have chosen her path. All I can do it is wait for her to return.
'I sit by the door most of the time. I think she will return soon. I am waiting. I love her and I know she loves me,' he says with a sigh.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2442492/Worlds-oldest-dad-97-devastated-wife-leaves-followin...
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