I worry about my parents getting old?

My dad is sixty-five and my mum is sixty and I worry too. They are still healthy and independent but I wonder how things would evoluate? Who would be there to help them out in their old days? All my sisters live in another country and I work five days a week. I visit them every week end but that won't be enough if they become dependent.

I went to an insight meditation camp. There , you have to stay for 10 days. It's like truly leading the life of an ascetic. A renunciated hermit. Though there are other people, you are not allowed to talk to anybody , not to touch anybody , not even an eye-contact. For nine days you have to be alone. Meditating - introspecting . In the seventh or eighth day, I felt like I will never see my parents again. It was an intense feeling, over-whelming and paralyzing. I felt like trapped in a jail....I felt like running away. Fortunately, a good mentor who guided me, pointed out that it is the attachment, the clinging that brings us to existence and keeps us alive. The craving to survive, to enjoy - to be protected, pampered and carefree.<BR>But, we are not kids anymore. It might be shocking and emotionally hurting and painful, but the hard fact of reality is that we are truly alone...just an individual, a being - all the society and other people - they are just temporary and superficial. No matter how much we love our parents, those from whom we have emerged on this earth, one day they will be no more...I know how it sounds like...empty in a solipsistic world !...That day what will we do as individuals ? Perhaps, we don't know. But, we have to accept the hardcore reality, no matter how much we cry (shed our tears) and cherish the past which is never going to come back....We have to get rid of our craving and move ahead.....That's painful , but true

yeah me too, im 19 too and my dad is 37, but he told me he is going to die horribly when he is 47. so im trying to make the best of it for now, but i mostly feel bad because i know he hates getting older, and i can't do anything about it.

I know how you feel, my parents are in their mid fifties and I am so afraid of them getting old. What scares me the most is that they are diabetics who also have high blood pressure. I am so afraid of losing them.

It's normal, I feel that way sometimes. Growing up for me is a sad feeling. But that is a life lesson we should all learn is to cherish everything you have and the ones you love because any moment or day might be our last. We will never be here again.

Don't feel bad because they are getting old and grey, think of that as an excuse to see them as often as you can.

I feel the same way about my parents who are in their 50's as well. Even though I know being in your 50's isn't really as old as some people around our age(teens/20's) make it out to be, I still know that people in their 50's probably have to watch their health a little more since they are getting to the age where they could be more at risk for certain things.

Like, my father is 55, and never really forgot anything. He always seemed quite sharp, but lately he seems to be forgetting little things here and there, and it makes me worry if he has the early stages of alzheimers. And then I also worry about them anyway, because I know anything could really happen. I think its a scary thought that people could be here right now, but gone tomorrow. My friends father died from a heart attack, and things like that scare me also.

Another thing that worries me, is that if something ever should happen; I wanna make sure that I'm ready for whatever is ahead of me, to be a more responsible young adult, not this immature 21 yr old who doesn't know where they're heading. Sometimes, I feel like I'm still kind of immature in areas of my life, and then that thought pops into my mind; 'Well, what if mom and dad weren't here right now?'. Time for me to grow the hell up!

We all get old, unless we die young. It happens.

There's no point in worrying really. It's going to happen either way. I've always thought this was a good thing, the fact that they would make it far enough to even become all wrinkly and gray. The alternative is much less appealing, in my mind.