Quote Originally Posted by indysteel View Post
As I mentioned upthread, DH is 12 years younger than me and we do not have, and do not want, children. I'm generally just fine with all of that, but the other day I awoke with this horrible thought in my head: Of my husband all alone after I am gone and he is old himself (assuming we both live to a ripe old age). He's an only child and while he has three really good friends from childhood, he is otherwise not the most social of people. He's not particularly close to the family that he does have. I'm not saying that I wish we had kids for this purpose--as that sounds like a really bad reason to have children--but it makes me sad that my DH might be alone as he ages. I'd worry less about that for myself because I'm much more apt to have built a support system outside of my marriage and family. Does anyone else without children have these thoughts (regardless of whether you're older or younger than your spouse)?
Yes. All the time. My husband sounds very similar to yours in many ways. Mine doesn't even have any family left (he was also an only child) and while my family loves him and would want to stay close to him, he wouldn't likely stay in touch without me around.

I agree, not a good reason to have kids (nor is the fact that my parents would be AWESOME grandparents!).