# Who here will die lonely, bitter, and childless? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 21, 2004, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-will-die-lonely-bitter-and-childless/230355 "2004-02-21T10:34:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Never\_Have\_I\_Because\_I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@Never\_Have\_I\_Because\_I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Never_Have_I_Because_I)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-will-die-lonely-bitter-and-childless/230355/1 "2004-02-21T10:34:36Z")
I know I will. …it’s a life sentence, and this is the end of this sentence. ---
**Author:** ![lurksfromwork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@lurksfromwork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurksfromwork)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-will-die-lonely-bitter-and-childless/230355/2 "2004-02-21T11:04:09Z")
only if u want it to be. ---
**Author:** ![Never\_Have\_I\_Because\_I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@Never\_Have\_I\_Because\_I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Never_Have_I_Because_I)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-will-die-lonely-bitter-and-childless/230355/3 "2004-02-21T11:33:06Z")
No, that’s not true. I’ve tried. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Oregon\_sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/50afbb/32.png) [@Oregon\_sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oregon_sunshine)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-will-die-lonely-bitter-and-childless/230355/4 "2004-02-21T11:44:31Z")
Ever listen to Bright Eyes? ---
**Author:** ![Oregon\_sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/50afbb/32.png) [@Oregon\_sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oregon_sunshine)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-will-die-lonely-bitter-and-childless/230355/5 "2004-02-21T11:52:22Z")
Thought you might like them if you like rock & feeling lonely & bitter. At any rate, hopefully you aren’t planning on dying lonely, bitter, and childless any time soon. Oh, and BTW, I am not stepping up (to the poll, as it were,) to say I personally will die lonely, bitter, and childless. I’m never lonely, only sometimes bitter (life’s regrets are evenly mixed with life’s aching beauty into a rather sweetish kind of slurry), and definitely not childless. Unless this thread is a joke I’m not getting, I hope you fix your problem soon. Sorry for the multiple posts. ---
**Author:** ![lurksfromwork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@lurksfromwork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurksfromwork)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-will-die-lonely-bitter-and-childless/230355/6 "2004-02-21T11:52:43Z")
gotta keep on trying. The best things come to those that have to work the hardest to get it. ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-will-die-lonely-bitter-and-childless/230355/7 "2004-02-21T13:02:02Z")
I will die childless, but hopefully not lonely and bitter. Plenty of people who have children die lonely and bitter, having children won’t save you from that. It all depends on what kind of person you are, not your reproductive status. ---
**Author:** ![Never\_Have\_I\_Because\_I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@Never\_Have\_I\_Because\_I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Never_Have_I_Because_I)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-will-die-lonely-bitter-and-childless/230355/8 "2004-02-21T13:21:17Z")
I WOUULD not be BITTErt if I did not die childless, I would have someon to continue on my personal genetic line. ---
**Author:** ![Epimetheus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c4cdca/32.png) [@Epimetheus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Epimetheus)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-will-die-lonely-bitter-and-childless/230355/9 "2004-02-21T13:22:11Z")
I just don’t plan on dying. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-will-die-lonely-bitter-and-childless/230355/10 "2004-02-21T13:34:06Z")
Will I die childless? Probably. But lonely and bitter? I certainly hope not. Sure, I’m single and haven’t dated in a while. But that doesn’t mean that I’m lonely. Yeah, I have my moments, but those are rare. Hell, life is fun. Go out and enjoy it, without stressing about SO’s, kids or whatever. Things may never work out the way you plan when you’re 16, or 21, or 30, but I figure that doesn’t matter. The unpredictability of life is part of the fun. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-will-die-lonely-bitter-and-childless/230355/11 "2004-02-21T13:38:19Z")
Well, right now I’m debating between dying childless and doing a dance about that fact and staying alive just to piss other people off. Or maybe I’ll die bitter and childless and take **Dr.J** with me. Decisions, decisions! ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-will-die-lonely-bitter-and-childless/230355/12 "2004-02-21T13:47:43Z")
I intend to die childless but hope to not be lonely. If I am, I won’t be bitter though. I’m accustomed to not having anyone. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-will-die-lonely-bitter-and-childless/230355/13 "2004-02-21T13:52:29Z")
We’re all gonna die? Damn. Bit disappointing, that. ---
**Author:** ![Buran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Buran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buran)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-will-die-lonely-bitter-and-childless/230355/14 "2004-02-21T14:29:50Z")
Don’t let the bastards (and there are plenty of them) grind you down. BTW on the continuing your personal genetic line comment. I read somewhere that a famous geneticist said he’d give his life to save “two siblings or eight cousins” apparently mathematically either of those has almost all of your genetic material anyway… ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-will-die-lonely-bitter-and-childless/230355/15 "2004-02-21T14:34:04Z")
Hey, continuing your genetic line doesn’t guarantee satisfaction with the outcome. What if you have a kid and he turns out to be a baby-raping serial killer who tries to assassinate Nelson Mandela? Not the kind of person I’d want to point at and say “See that guy? I made that guy. That’s \*my \*kid.” No, there are definitely worse fates than not having your genes roaming the earth. Was about to hit submit, and had a thought…perhaps [this guy](http://www.fypl.info/) has found the boards after all. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-will-die-lonely-bitter-and-childless/230355/16 "2004-02-21T15:31:07Z")
If passing down your genes is important to you, have you ever thought of becoming a sperm-donor? If I were a guy, I’d do it. (I’ve even thought about donating my egg-cells). Its easy, you make people very happy and you could have dozens of genetic descendants. ---
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-will-die-lonely-bitter-and-childless/230355/17 "2004-02-21T16:05:02Z")
> [@Never Have I Because I](#): > > I know I will. Me too \<10 character limit\> ---
**Author:** ![Intent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5e9695/32.png) [@Intent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intent)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-will-die-lonely-bitter-and-childless/230355/18 "2004-02-21T16:05:11Z")
I might die lonely, and I might die childless, but I will not die miserable. I know how to enjoy life, and I don’t need a ring on my finger or a kid popping out of me to do so. ---
**Author:** ![Toddly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/22d042/32.png) [@Toddly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toddly)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-will-die-lonely-bitter-and-childless/230355/19 "2004-02-21T16:28:43Z")
> [@Never Have I Because I](#): > > I know I will. > > …it’s a life sentence, and this is the end of this sentence. Jesus man how old are you? Even the pessimist in me says not to give up. ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-will-die-lonely-bitter-and-childless/230355/20 "2004-02-21T16:30:35Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > We’re all gonna die? Damn. Bit disappointing, that. Disappointing?? No, it’s alarming. I am going to die??? ::: runs around trying to find a place to stash the porn so my mother won’t find it. ::::::: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-will-die-lonely-bitter-and-childless/230355.md?page=2)