I took out grandchildren and became unnecessary, call only on holidays

Human destinies are sometimes intertwined in strange ways. You can spend your whole life trying to find yourself in a variety of achievements: work, travel, sports at last. But when the age comes when the whole head is covered with gray hair, who will think of you? The ungrateful daughterOr a son who has his own family and nothing more in his life?



And you will not immediately tell what it is: in education, a bad attitude to their own children or ordinary genetics. After all, no matter how bitter it is, every day we see lonely, useless old people. Why isn't anyone helping them? After all, pensions in our time are just pennies. Medication sometimes costs a lot of money.

My children have now left me. We talk on the phone probably once a month. Maybe even less. As a child, I raised them alone: my father was constantly disappearing on watches, almost never came home. Of course, there was some money, but still the family was incomplete.

It made me love them too much. My daughter started driving when she was a high school student. She didn't react to all my persuasion. Even after the scandals and screams, I heard her bubneck on the phone with the boys, but there was nothing I could do. Then she went to study in another city, and I just had no right to tell her anything.



Son younger. Unfortunately, the real man never came out of him. As a child, children constantly hurt him because of excess weight. Then, when the time of youth came, he developed acne and closed himself even more. But so far, he is not completely independent. Well at least I found myself in work: I began to understand computers and now earns well.



When he had a baby, I was needed again. I was asked to sit with my grandson while his parents were doing their own thing. Their daughter-in-law was always number one. I never worked a day in my life, only went to beauty salons and met with friends. Well, God be with her, at least she put my boy in the right direction. He can't be alone.

But now the grandson has grown up, and he was assigned to a private school. Long eyes, as they say. And they didn't need me again. No one will come, bring guests and a kind word will not comfort.



The daughter married early and immediately gave birth to twins. Even before finishing school, she moved to live with her husband. Of course, she dropped out of school. We talk on the phone, but she rarely comes. Always no kids. I only saw my grandkids in pictures on social media.

Financially, her daughter’s life is not so rosy, but she is a fighter and does everything to be good for the family. But she stopped loving her husband. Lately, we have been calling very rarely, and conversations do not exceed a couple of minutes. Oh, Mom, I can't talk, I have to work and then go home. But you don't work around the clock!



I'm old. It's hard for me to do my homework, and there's nothing to talk about cleaning. As we said goodbye to my father, there's no one to help us get the groceries out of the store. The pension is quite tiny, but cereals can still be bought. The kids don't help, but I don't need much.

Recently I happened to go knock out the carpets. I fell off the stairs in the entrance. I broke my leg, not my hip. So at this time, the boys saw me from the yard, helped me get up and get to the apartment. Sometimes they come and bring something from home. The Timurians are straight. Today’s young people don’t even know who they are.



My advice to you, dear ones. In this life, try to rely only on yourself. Children, of course, is a great joy, and you need to educate them with decent people. But do not rely on their help when it will be urgently needed. Save, save, try. Because we're alone in this life. Especially when there is not much left to live.