I’m becoming a grandpa at 43. Mildly infuriating, 'cause there are way worse things in life.

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    This could be fantastic for you, you’ll be fit enough to play football with the grandkids when they’re inevitably dumped on you for babysitting

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      Dumped is maybe not the right phrasing. Throughout history extended family and friends have helped raising children.

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        There is a difference between a planned child with a support system behind them helping and an unplanned teen pregnancy where the mother and father are unfit to take care of a human child and the grandparents have to take on a parent role almost full time while the teens finish school (as an example).

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          Yeah but there are a lot of assumptions in that. I try not to jump to conclusions, especially not negative ones. We all understand that this can go to shit in a million different ways. It can also go well.

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          But if you look at history, there are a lot of unplanned pregnancies which resulted in shotgun weddings and extended family structures which supported these events.