SINGAPORE: For the kid freed from a sure age, the query of who’ll handle them of their later years will inevitably come up. One native Reddit person determined to crowdsource solutions to this query, asking those that are single what they plan to do sooner or later.
“I’m an solely youngster and don’t plan to get married sooner or later. The one concern that I’ve to stay a single life is how do I take care of well being disaster sooner or later. Who’s going to make choices for me if someday I knock my head and neglect about the whole lot? What if I get dementia and might’t perform correctly anymore? My greatest associates are married and so they have their very own households to handle, different associates are those that come and go in my life so I gained’t financial institution on these associates,” wrote u/Ailing-Newspaper-682 on r/askSingapore on Sunday (Apr 30).
One commenter answered this manner: “Effectively I usually surprise about how different single Singaporeans could be open to the concept of an previous single people group residing scenario? Kinda like residing along with your buddies and develop previous collectively and look out for one another kinda scenario.”
“Significantly better than an previous people house,” one other agreed.
“A senior shared that 3 others seniors moved to stay along with her in 1 flat. I supposed they lease out the opposite 3 flats and share the bills with the rental,” a commenter wrote.
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Others mentioned that sure kinds of retirement houses are a viable possibility.
“With the cash you’ve saved from not having kids, my guess is that you simply’re set for all times shaking leg at your native kopitiam making associates left and proper. You gained’t be ever alone,” one other chimed in.
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