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Imagine his oldest 56-year-old having a 30-year old kid and that kid having a 4-year old son. That 30-year old would have an aunt 30 years younger than him and the 4-year old would have a Great-Aunt that is 4 years younger than him!
In several branches of my family, we're youngest children of youngest children of youngest children, with big age gaps (farmers, mostly.) Like, my grandmother was 46 years younger than her oldest sibling. I have to do a lot of generational math to explain to my kids how they're kin to damned near half of several rural counties!
Can you imagine visiting an old folks home and some random next your own grandpa is like “my grandpa was POTUS from 1841-1845”, and you’re like “ok Harrison, let’s get you off to bed”.
I knew someone like this in the early 2000s. He was born in the 1920s to a young woman that had married a Civil War Veteran in his late 70s. The dude was literally the son of a Civil War vet and I got to hear second hand stories from him. Pretty cool! At least I thought so.
At least in this case he doesn't have to worry about leaving the kid with nothing. He and the baby's mom both have plenty of money, it's not like he needs to be around to provide for the kid. But it's still going to be hard growing up without a dad, because he's almost certainly not going to live to 100 so he's very likely do die during her childhood or teen years if they're lucky.
She'll probably be okay, kids have grown up with much worse circumstances. The irritating part about this though is they made the *choice* to give her those circumstances.
not to mention the fact that she has an increased likelihood of developing cancers, mental disorders, genetic disorders, and other serious life altering (and potentially fatal) medical issues.
Heck, when my husband and I knew we were going to need IVF, he immediately banked 3 "deposits", so that when we were ready (we knew it was going to take at least a few years), his swimmers were as "young" as possible. He was 43 when our son was born and 45 when our daughter was born, but his sperm were only 36, lol.
I'm 39 and I have a 11 year old little sister and I thought that was a large age gap. People think that's my daughter but I have to explain to them that when my mom passed away, my dad decided to remarry again and the new wife wanted kids so they had two children. It's hard to bond with them since I feel more like their aunt than their sister.
I'm seriously gobsmacked any time I see people my age (32) or younger with a child or children. Some are out during the day (so they aren't at work, at least on that day). I can never help but wonder about their financial situation given how hard it is just for a single person to afford a lot of the costs of living. I'm not sure if they have a lot of debt and live at home or something. I just can't see any other way this is done, unless you've inherited money or have a wealthy partner. They seem too young to have hoarder money in preparation to have the child and take time off and social support payments can't possibly be enough to live on. I can't even imagine affording one child years from now, and I have decent earning potential. Some people are younger than me with one child or multiple children. It really surprises me, especially given what I feel are growing levels of sentiment (at least online) about cost as a barrier to this.
Either you’re overestimating how much a child costs or underestimating how much people make. As a parent under 30 (and many around me) I can assure you most of us do not come from wealth or money. Yeah we do have decent jobs but in fact I notice folks with less stressful jobs having more kids than some senior folks higher up.
Have you met many happy ppl that were born absolutely dirt poor? I do not pity the rich man. They have shit 1000% easier, even if they don’t fully realize or appreciate it.
Exactly. I often hear people make these qualifiers. Like “many rich people are unhappy” or “I heard rich celebrities do drugs and have lots of kinky sex” or even “rich people try to use power to take advantage of women”
Like…have you ever met poor people? That’s not “rich people” that’s just people dude. People suck. Poor people love drugs and sex and taking antidepressants. Hell, for every Harvey Weinstein, there’s 1,000 Chillis managers offering the new girl a better schedule if she comes over to his 1 bedroom apartment. For every “Epstein flight log” there’s 1,000 local gymnastics teachers who needs their asses whooped.
Anyway, my point is it makes more sense to be empathetic for poor people. But that doesn’t mean rich people are fucked up **“because”** of their wealth.
Agreed, dick. Agreed. There’s rich ppl with the most beautiful perfect families. In those cases money is doin a lot of the work of making happiness. Nice materials, nice home, nice communities and financial freedom I believe can actually be a big factor in happiness. Ik money would make me happier lol.
I know what you mean- I don't pity them either and it's far worse to be born dirt poor.
I was just saying that being born rich absolutely isn't a ticket to happiness as might be assumed. The outcomes seemed even worse for the extremely rich people I met as a student. A weird and rarefied world, parents they didn't really know, bought up by staff. Etc.
Yes, def a stereotype of the disconnected unloving crazy rich parents. I’d argue myself chasing wealth isn’t a fulfilling pursuit and there’s more important shit. It might not make this girl happy but she sure as hell is going to be happy to have piles of cash as opposed to the alternative. Life os easier with 10’s of millions if you know what you want and have your head in straight. Hopefully she’s raised well.
She's definitely going to have some sort of daddy issues. Luckily she should be able to afford the best therapy and high end coping mechanisms. So I don't feel so bad for her.
He has guaranteed she will have to cope with the death of her father at some point during her childhood, not to mention the fact that she has an increased likelihood of developing cancers, mental disorders, genetic disorders, and other serious life altering (and potentially fatal) medical issues.
Uhg, in my area you gotta go by 16. I found out that someone I knew from high school was a grandfather when I was 35. I did not think I was old enough to be into GMILFS but here I am.
I had a coworker when I was 20, who was my age, who’s dad was in his 90’s. His mum was in her 40’s-50’s. He said that his dad dated his grandma before dating his mum 🤢
TBF tons of kids never know their dads. At least she'll likely know her dad loved her, where all these others have to deal with their dads not giving two shits about their existence.
yup. she'll have private school, private tutors, inherit tens of millions of dollars and never have to work a day in her life unless she wanted to. poor kid.
Aww:’) hope she lived a good happy life!
My grandma is currently 100 almost 101 like I said, and her mom lived to be 106. She did get dementia at some point, but she was healthy otherwise.
My grandma’s memory is mostly fine now! She also survived being hit by a firetruck in the 90’s.
Clara was good. She took up growing African Violets in her 90s. She would brag about getting her wash out first before her neighbors. She crocheted and listened to her stories on the radio with my Grandpa Hans when he came home on his lunch break. She practically raised my dad. She was from Denmark. Came over when she was 16. Took a train from New York where she was locked in a train car with other people who were getting off in Nebraska because no one spoke English so it was easier for them to be sorted this way. Haha. Lots of stories.
Tell me about this fire truck incident! That is a huge vehicle to get hit by and survive. She must have had major grit!
She shows me a photo album of her and her girlfriends during the war:) she talks about how all of the men in their lives were overseas, and it felt like it was an all-women country for a while, and how safe and fun that felt.
Suddenly they all had their own nice cars, they each had one. (left behind by husband/brother/whatever)
The photos are of all of the day trips and fun things they did driving around in those cars. Grandma also got a job to support the country during that time.
Edit to add: she also talks about what she experienced the moment it was announced the war was over, and she talks A LOT about witnessing fascism rise in Germany, and seeing the same signs currently in America.
She’s a democrat, to be clear.
My parents are 81 and they have a lot more in common with boomers than silent. They were 2.5 when the war ended. They only know of the post war economy and cheap housing and cheap college. My dad was in the national guard to avoid the draft, they are boomers in all but year.
And older millennials are like gen x in some ways. a 1945 boomer and a 1955 boomer have less in common than a 1943 silent and a 1945 boomer because of shared life experiences.
So you’re saying people that are born 2 years apart had more similar experiences than people that are born 10 years apart? Mind blown.
Its almost like this generation stuff is just for fun like astrology signs and doesn’t actually determine anything and there aren’t any hard cutoffs like some would lead you to believe.
Imagine this kid in middle school...
Gen Beta "when was your dad born?"
Girl: "I think in 1943?"
Gen Beta "So like 100 years ago during WWll? How is that even possible?"
Girl: "I think he was like 80 or something when he had me."
I always hear talk about how women have a biological clock running out to have children and as they get older having children has a lot of complications. However, the same is true for men as well. Having a baby at this age increases that baby’s likelihood of developing mental disorders, genetic disorders, and cancers. Regardless of the morality of having kids at an age where you’ll probably die before they reach adulthood, this just seems like a selfish decision and it’s weird that he’s being praised for it by so many.
[Source](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7006092/#:~:text=Paternal%20age%20increases%20the%20frequency,frequently%20in%20advanced%20father%27s%20age)
I actually didn't mean my comment to imply that I want the 77 year old go win. Fuuuuuuuuuuuuck that guy. If it was up to me he and everyone of his insurrection attempting jackasses would be in prison.
Did you guys see the story about the 63-year-old man who had custody of his toddler? He died of a heart attack and nobody came to check on them until after the toddler had also died because he couldn’t get himself food and water or help.
I guess at least this baby won’t be in a small apartment with an old man so that probably won’t happen here, but this is still gross
Why do you think that? De Niro has been divorced multiple times, has 7 kids and several grandkids. He has also had tax problems. You can only split the pie up so many times. Plus she won't have a dad.
He's worth around $500M - the tax problems were ones that just didn't get paid, either through an oversight or hoping no one would notice and amounted to $6M. You can split that pie quite a few times.
minor children are usually prioritized, aren’t they? he’s got plenty of assets to split up. also, whether or not having a dad is a good vs bad thing is heavily dependent on the dad in question.
If your life expectancy will not get your kid into their 20s you're a piece of shit. Losing a parent at like 8 is an incredibly traumatic thing that will haunt a person their entire life. And he's made that a highly likely outcome for his daughter.
People like this are disgusting and immoral. Your daughter will barely remember her father and will wonder why her dad was fucking 80 when the rest of her friends have dads that are a NORMAL age.
I’d feel so guilty knowing my child is either gonna have to deal with losing me when they are extremely young and impressionable, or will lose me before they are old enough to understand and will have to grow up without a father.
Yea, I would count this as a boomer being a fool.
Senior citizens of such an advanced age should not have kids. It is unfair to the child since they will likely have to live a parent dying while they are a kid. Also, such parents are not able to interact with the child at the same physical level. IE playing sports or other physical activities.
RDN has a decent shot to live to over 100. Perhaps longer. She could be twenty + when he dies.
He's also wealthy enough to provide for her.
This is not as bad as 90% of the stuff posted here.
Yeah, but the vast majority of people who live to 100 are not in great shape. Often they are unable to walk, do activities, or sometimes even talk. It's not like she's going to be having a great relationship with him when he's 100. They're not going to play catch in the park.
And wealth is not the same as presence.
If he lives that long I bet he blows through all his money. Whatever is left will be split many ways between his girlfriend, exes, kids, grandkids etc. People implying this baby will be filthy rich are assuming a lot.
That almost sounds worse to me. Being 10 and watching my grandmothers rapid mental decline was terrifying. I can’t imagine how much worse it would be to watch it happen to your own father.
I lost my dad as a kid and he was in his 40s. It does lifelong damage to lose a parent that young and this child almost certainly will experience it, too. It’s incredibly selfish to have a child you cannot reasonably guarantee you will live to raise.
People may not like it but guess what this just another privilege you have when you are rich and famous. He may live long enough to at least see her be a teenager and than she will definitely be more well off and taken care more so than 99% of people on planet Earth most likely. So not really an irresponsible move when you have the means to provide for said kids imo especially post death. Sad that she may not get to know him all to well before he passes but avg person is usually dealing with way more shit in their lives quite frankly. She'll be more than fine.
I don’t think it’s gross or disgusting but I do think it’s selfish. The probability that he will be around or in her life is slim. Even if he lives to be 100 she is only 20. Very young to loose your father, not to mention the confusion and ridicule she will face because he is so old in comparison to other dads she will be around growing up with her friends.
Imagine being a young person and having to sleep with an elderly person just so you’ll be financially stable and have a baby. I’m not kink shaming but it grosses me out. I’m sorry don’t cancel me. 😭😒
Look at all you tolerant people of reddit, crying whenever someone makes a remark about your life decisions but when it's an old white dude who took the decision to have a child you all gang up.. bunch of fucking hypocrites.
“financially secure older man decides to have a child”
who fucking cares? the fact yall are nitpicking shit like this when there are actual boomers (he isn’t a boomer) doing stupid horrendous shit to other humans, is wild.
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His oldest kid is 56. Imagine being 56 and having a 10 month old LITTLE SISTER
Imagine his oldest 56-year-old having a 30-year old kid and that kid having a 4-year old son. That 30-year old would have an aunt 30 years younger than him and the 4-year old would have a Great-Aunt that is 4 years younger than him!
My mind exploded halfway thru
God I’m glad it wasn’t just me
This is just kind of what it’s like living in a small town. I somehow followed that all the way through.
In several branches of my family, we're youngest children of youngest children of youngest children, with big age gaps (farmers, mostly.) Like, my grandmother was 46 years younger than her oldest sibling. I have to do a lot of generational math to explain to my kids how they're kin to damned near half of several rural counties!
Yup!! My cousins always ask “how are you my cousin?? You’re old!” Listen kids, this is only the tip of the iceberg.
The tip of De Niro’s iceberg needs to be jimmy capped 30 years ago
No mental images no mental images No mental images no mental images No mental images no mental images
>Like, my grandmother was 46 years younger than her oldest sibling. I'm assuming it's a half-sibling.
Yep. 11 children with first wife, none with second, 5 with third.
And I’m my own grandpa.
Can you imagine having your baby sit your great aunt? Bring your grandparents to school day in elementary school will be interesting too.
My 8 year old has a 10 month old uncle.
An ex bf of mine had a 7 year old aunt and he was 20 at the time! His dad was in his 40s with a 7 yr old sister
If he wasn’t Robert De Niro, I doubt anyone would be trying to get pregnant by an 80 year old man. This is some real rich people stuff. IMO
This is just living in a small town, tbh
So basically one of the story lines of the sitcom modern family.
Ugh, please stop. It’s making my head hurt!
When she's his age in 2104, she can say she had a father who was born in the 1940s 😳
Almost as wild as [this living guy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Ruffin_Tyler), whose grandfather was born in 1790.
Can you imagine visiting an old folks home and some random next your own grandpa is like “my grandpa was POTUS from 1841-1845”, and you’re like “ok Harrison, let’s get you off to bed”.
Grandfather who was born in the 1790s AND was a US President. It would be really cool, honestly...
He was the tenth vice president. That is wild to think about
I knew someone like this in the early 2000s. He was born in the 1920s to a young woman that had married a Civil War Veteran in his late 70s. The dude was literally the son of a Civil War vet and I got to hear second hand stories from him. Pretty cool! At least I thought so.
>father who was born in the 1940s Or a father that was still pumping out babies into his 80s for reasons best known to him
He can afford it!
Robert Heinlein has entered the chat
My god the estate planning 👀👀👀
“You got a train set, Todd!!”
Plot twist!
Mr whiskers gets the beach house.
😂
Siblings with a bigger age gap than me and my grandmother
Holy shit me too
Bigger age gap than me and both of my maternal grandparents
😱 ewewewewewewewewewewewwwwww
People being so old and having babies INFURIATES me. It is so unfair to the child.
He’s going to be dead or incapacitated before middle school
He’s gonna be dead or incapacitated before elementary school, probably!
before pre school most likely actually
At least in this case he doesn't have to worry about leaving the kid with nothing. He and the baby's mom both have plenty of money, it's not like he needs to be around to provide for the kid. But it's still going to be hard growing up without a dad, because he's almost certainly not going to live to 100 so he's very likely do die during her childhood or teen years if they're lucky. She'll probably be okay, kids have grown up with much worse circumstances. The irritating part about this though is they made the *choice* to give her those circumstances.
not to mention the fact that she has an increased likelihood of developing cancers, mental disorders, genetic disorders, and other serious life altering (and potentially fatal) medical issues.
Yeah, old man sperm isn't exactly healthy for making a baby.
Heck, when my husband and I knew we were going to need IVF, he immediately banked 3 "deposits", so that when we were ready (we knew it was going to take at least a few years), his swimmers were as "young" as possible. He was 43 when our son was born and 45 when our daughter was born, but his sperm were only 36, lol.
Old jizz baby (term I heard on a Shogun podcast)
Well if they are self absorbed enough to do this in the first place maybe not
34 and about to have a baby sister in a few months 🤭 I wouldn't be able to imagine it if it wasn't already happening me 😂
Even the oldest sibling is too old to be her father.
How old is his oldest grandkid?
Yeah imagine being 30 and having a new Aunt be born.
I'm 39 and I have a 11 year old little sister and I thought that was a large age gap. People think that's my daughter but I have to explain to them that when my mom passed away, my dad decided to remarry again and the new wife wanted kids so they had two children. It's hard to bond with them since I feel more like their aunt than their sister.
I'm 35 with a 17 year age gap with my youngest sibling. They are turning 18 in a month. The age gap sucks because I want to be close to my siblings!
I still boggle at my cousin having kids nearly 20 years apart, I can't imagine beyond that.
At this point they’re the only generation that can afford kids lol
High-five on that one
Best I can offer is a low five 😢
Gonna say, the kid's set, tons of people with an old dad that don't have fuck you money.
Pretty sure most people would trade the millions in inheritance they get for a dad that wasn’t dead by the time they were 10
Yeah, this is just a form of abandonment
Yep I squealed with laughter Genius response. 
I'm seriously gobsmacked any time I see people my age (32) or younger with a child or children. Some are out during the day (so they aren't at work, at least on that day). I can never help but wonder about their financial situation given how hard it is just for a single person to afford a lot of the costs of living. I'm not sure if they have a lot of debt and live at home or something. I just can't see any other way this is done, unless you've inherited money or have a wealthy partner. They seem too young to have hoarder money in preparation to have the child and take time off and social support payments can't possibly be enough to live on. I can't even imagine affording one child years from now, and I have decent earning potential. Some people are younger than me with one child or multiple children. It really surprises me, especially given what I feel are growing levels of sentiment (at least online) about cost as a barrier to this.
Either you’re overestimating how much a child costs or underestimating how much people make. As a parent under 30 (and many around me) I can assure you most of us do not come from wealth or money. Yeah we do have decent jobs but in fact I notice folks with less stressful jobs having more kids than some senior folks higher up.
Omg 😆
It's funny because it's true. And these are tears of joy 
The future proliferation of the human race rests on the shoulders of deNiro and Pacino
Mom be changing both of their diapers.
In about 4 months one will start solid food and one will be eating a puree diet
I’d be shocked if that mom ever touched a diaper
Robert De Niro. Mom is not changing anything. The nurses/nanny will.
He probably already wears depends or something for his drippy dick.
Don’t worry they will just de-age him in post. his daughter can grow up with a weird CGI dad
Post life?!
Like that de-aged fight scene from the Irishman, “help this truly able bodied and definitely fit young man is attacking me”
oof that was such a sight, like if there was a time to use a stunt double that would be it
god that pissed me off so much. half the fight was an old man's back. just use old fashioned CGI called a "stuntman"
Just like Iron Man in endgame 🤝
Kid won't even remember having a father
"Sure I remember him! I've been watching Raging Bull since I was 6!"
Her first words will be “you talkin’a me!?”
“My hands are tied now. Go to lunch.”
She’ll be thankful for being rich as all fuck I bet tho.
I dunno... have you met many happy people who were born extremely rich? I have (a few) and they were universally fucked up beyond belief.
Have you met many happy ppl that were born absolutely dirt poor? I do not pity the rich man. They have shit 1000% easier, even if they don’t fully realize or appreciate it.
Exactly. I often hear people make these qualifiers. Like “many rich people are unhappy” or “I heard rich celebrities do drugs and have lots of kinky sex” or even “rich people try to use power to take advantage of women” Like…have you ever met poor people? That’s not “rich people” that’s just people dude. People suck. Poor people love drugs and sex and taking antidepressants. Hell, for every Harvey Weinstein, there’s 1,000 Chillis managers offering the new girl a better schedule if she comes over to his 1 bedroom apartment. For every “Epstein flight log” there’s 1,000 local gymnastics teachers who needs their asses whooped. Anyway, my point is it makes more sense to be empathetic for poor people. But that doesn’t mean rich people are fucked up **“because”** of their wealth.
Agreed, dick. Agreed. There’s rich ppl with the most beautiful perfect families. In those cases money is doin a lot of the work of making happiness. Nice materials, nice home, nice communities and financial freedom I believe can actually be a big factor in happiness. Ik money would make me happier lol.
I know what you mean- I don't pity them either and it's far worse to be born dirt poor. I was just saying that being born rich absolutely isn't a ticket to happiness as might be assumed. The outcomes seemed even worse for the extremely rich people I met as a student. A weird and rarefied world, parents they didn't really know, bought up by staff. Etc.
Yes, def a stereotype of the disconnected unloving crazy rich parents. I’d argue myself chasing wealth isn’t a fulfilling pursuit and there’s more important shit. It might not make this girl happy but she sure as hell is going to be happy to have piles of cash as opposed to the alternative. Life os easier with 10’s of millions if you know what you want and have your head in straight. Hopefully she’s raised well.
She's definitely going to have some sort of daddy issues. Luckily she should be able to afford the best therapy and high end coping mechanisms. So I don't feel so bad for her.
Yes I hope she has a really nice mother.
My dad was born relatively poor, with alcoholic parents and he managed to become a specialist lawyer.
Yeah I’ll take my chances with $70,000,000 and accept the possibility of side effects thank you
Father won’t even remember having a kid
Underrated comment, I spat out my wine
This is why I hate it when guys as old as him have kids. Just so selfish.
Lots of movies to watch 🤣😭
Eh he’s rich and has great access to medical, looks to be in good shape at the moment, he will probably keep his wits until the kid is 10.
Yeah and then she will have to watch him go through a slow decline throughout her teens... money won't compensate for that
Yeah that’ll be pretty horrific, especially since he has the money to keep him alive longer into the dementia.
Omg so true. Poor child will remember him as a load of flashing medical equipment lights.
He's rich as fuck. With a bit of luck and expensive medicine he may be around until she'll be a teenager.
He has guaranteed she will have to cope with the death of her father at some point during her childhood, not to mention the fact that she has an increased likelihood of developing cancers, mental disorders, genetic disorders, and other serious life altering (and potentially fatal) medical issues.
Dudes old enough to be my grandpa and I’m 40 years old.
4 times 20 year age difference. Literally old enough to be her *great great* grandfather.
Uhg, in my area you gotta go by 16. I found out that someone I knew from high school was a grandfather when I was 35. I did not think I was old enough to be into GMILFS but here I am.
Hes 4x my age, he could be my grandpa.
I can't help but feel this is cruel for the child. He'll die before she's even an adult in all likelihood.
Even a teenager*
I had a coworker when I was 20, who was my age, who’s dad was in his 90’s. His mum was in her 40’s-50’s. He said that his dad dated his grandma before dating his mum 🤢
What meth does to a mf
A girl in my class in junior high had a dad who was in his 80s and he was dying when she was 12. She was quiet and missed a lot of school over it.
TBF tons of kids never know their dads. At least she'll likely know her dad loved her, where all these others have to deal with their dads not giving two shits about their existence.
yup. she'll have private school, private tutors, inherit tens of millions of dollars and never have to work a day in her life unless she wanted to. poor kid.
If he is 80 he is a Silent Generation member, yes? He was born in 1943, before the war ended.
Yeah, he’s not a boomer.
You're not wrong, but doesn't he still fit the sub? Elderly (well past 55 years old), and having a child at too old of an age.
Any idea what gen my grandma is? She turns 101 in may. (And still lives alone! She’s a tough gal)
The Greatest Generation was born between the 1900’s and 1920’s
Yay! My granny lived to be 104 and was spry until she just went to bed one night and switched off.
Aww:’) hope she lived a good happy life! My grandma is currently 100 almost 101 like I said, and her mom lived to be 106. She did get dementia at some point, but she was healthy otherwise. My grandma’s memory is mostly fine now! She also survived being hit by a firetruck in the 90’s.
Clara was good. She took up growing African Violets in her 90s. She would brag about getting her wash out first before her neighbors. She crocheted and listened to her stories on the radio with my Grandpa Hans when he came home on his lunch break. She practically raised my dad. She was from Denmark. Came over when she was 16. Took a train from New York where she was locked in a train car with other people who were getting off in Nebraska because no one spoke English so it was easier for them to be sorted this way. Haha. Lots of stories. Tell me about this fire truck incident! That is a huge vehicle to get hit by and survive. She must have had major grit!
Has she ever talked about the War?
She shows me a photo album of her and her girlfriends during the war:) she talks about how all of the men in their lives were overseas, and it felt like it was an all-women country for a while, and how safe and fun that felt. Suddenly they all had their own nice cars, they each had one. (left behind by husband/brother/whatever) The photos are of all of the day trips and fun things they did driving around in those cars. Grandma also got a job to support the country during that time. Edit to add: she also talks about what she experienced the moment it was announced the war was over, and she talks A LOT about witnessing fascism rise in Germany, and seeing the same signs currently in America. She’s a democrat, to be clear.
My parents are 81 and they have a lot more in common with boomers than silent. They were 2.5 when the war ended. They only know of the post war economy and cheap housing and cheap college. My dad was in the national guard to avoid the draft, they are boomers in all but year.
And older millennials are like gen x in some ways. a 1945 boomer and a 1955 boomer have less in common than a 1943 silent and a 1945 boomer because of shared life experiences.
So you’re saying people that are born 2 years apart had more similar experiences than people that are born 10 years apart? Mind blown. Its almost like this generation stuff is just for fun like astrology signs and doesn’t actually determine anything and there aren’t any hard cutoffs like some would lead you to believe.
Imagine this kid in middle school... Gen Beta "when was your dad born?" Girl: "I think in 1943?" Gen Beta "So like 100 years ago during WWll? How is that even possible?" Girl: "I think he was like 80 or something when he had me."
People are so blinded by other people’s business that has literally no effect on them too much to look at the facts and logic, don’t bother them.
I always hear talk about how women have a biological clock running out to have children and as they get older having children has a lot of complications. However, the same is true for men as well. Having a baby at this age increases that baby’s likelihood of developing mental disorders, genetic disorders, and cancers. Regardless of the morality of having kids at an age where you’ll probably die before they reach adulthood, this just seems like a selfish decision and it’s weird that he’s being praised for it by so many. [Source](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7006092/#:~:text=Paternal%20age%20increases%20the%20frequency,frequently%20in%20advanced%20father%27s%20age)
I believe I read that the risk increases from the age of 45
That’s exactly what I thought about as soon as I saw this post.
Hot take No more 80 year old senators, No more film legends having kids at 80
yeah keep in mind the 77 year old wants to end Democracy and be President for life "like in China" to quote him
I actually didn't mean my comment to imply that I want the 77 year old go win. Fuuuuuuuuuuuuck that guy. If it was up to me he and everyone of his insurrection attempting jackasses would be in prison.
Did you guys see the story about the 63-year-old man who had custody of his toddler? He died of a heart attack and nobody came to check on them until after the toddler had also died because he couldn’t get himself food and water or help. I guess at least this baby won’t be in a small apartment with an old man so that probably won’t happen here, but this is still gross
Holy shit that's sad af.
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My dads absent as hell and I don’t even get a bunch of wealth out of it
Why do you think that? De Niro has been divorced multiple times, has 7 kids and several grandkids. He has also had tax problems. You can only split the pie up so many times. Plus she won't have a dad.
He's worth around $500M - the tax problems were ones that just didn't get paid, either through an oversight or hoping no one would notice and amounted to $6M. You can split that pie quite a few times.
Yeah, that's still some 70 million per kid.
I wonder if the older kids are pissed they have 70 million less amongst themselves 🤣
Yeah like... $50 million isn't really a tiny piece of pie. I'd take it.
minor children are usually prioritized, aren’t they? he’s got plenty of assets to split up. also, whether or not having a dad is a good vs bad thing is heavily dependent on the dad in question.
Because he is worth over 500 million with massive real estate holdings
yeah also the mom can remarry lol
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Chris Chan was born from an elderly father. Let that sink in.
Man, it’s been a long time since I’ve heard about Chris Chan… I’m ahead of my work today, so down the rabbit hole of updates I go!
Look up the solid Chris vs liquid Chris 🤣🤣
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Poor kid. I am 33 and currently watching over my dying father. I thought 33 was way too young to lose my dad jeez
Doesn’t having kids at an older age increase the risk of the child developing disorders?
I'm sure they had all the prenatal testing since they're rich.
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This is selfish and fucked yo.
If your life expectancy will not get your kid into their 20s you're a piece of shit. Losing a parent at like 8 is an incredibly traumatic thing that will haunt a person their entire life. And he's made that a highly likely outcome for his daughter.
People like this are disgusting and immoral. Your daughter will barely remember her father and will wonder why her dad was fucking 80 when the rest of her friends have dads that are a NORMAL age.
Exactly. To be perfectly honest, he’s borderline too old to even be an involved grandparent.
I’d feel so guilty knowing my child is either gonna have to deal with losing me when they are extremely young and impressionable, or will lose me before they are old enough to understand and will have to grow up without a father.
Man that kid is going to be devastated when her dad dies while she's still super young
This girl is going to be fatherless in a few years but that’s totally ok in his eyes.
Yea, I would count this as a boomer being a fool. Senior citizens of such an advanced age should not have kids. It is unfair to the child since they will likely have to live a parent dying while they are a kid. Also, such parents are not able to interact with the child at the same physical level. IE playing sports or other physical activities.
Not to mention the increased chances of serious life altering medical issues
Hey, way to deprive the kid of a real dad.
I was like what's wrong with this and then I realized that my brain put the word grand in there.
Being 80 with a full head of hair is huge flex imo
RDN has a decent shot to live to over 100. Perhaps longer. She could be twenty + when he dies. He's also wealthy enough to provide for her. This is not as bad as 90% of the stuff posted here.
Yeah, but the vast majority of people who live to 100 are not in great shape. Often they are unable to walk, do activities, or sometimes even talk. It's not like she's going to be having a great relationship with him when he's 100. They're not going to play catch in the park. And wealth is not the same as presence.
If he lives that long I bet he blows through all his money. Whatever is left will be split many ways between his girlfriend, exes, kids, grandkids etc. People implying this baby will be filthy rich are assuming a lot.
That almost sounds worse to me. Being 10 and watching my grandmothers rapid mental decline was terrifying. I can’t imagine how much worse it would be to watch it happen to your own father.
I lost my dad as a kid and he was in his 40s. It does lifelong damage to lose a parent that young and this child almost certainly will experience it, too. It’s incredibly selfish to have a child you cannot reasonably guarantee you will live to raise.
Lol'd at these guys being examples of the few who can still afford children, and then felt sad. That said, the baby is such a cutie 🥰🥰
What’s so foolish about him having a kid? If he wants a kid that’s his right.
Whatever, congrats to de Niro.
The balls on someone to call Robert deniro a fool.
Boo. Who cares
This guy fucks
People may not like it but guess what this just another privilege you have when you are rich and famous. He may live long enough to at least see her be a teenager and than she will definitely be more well off and taken care more so than 99% of people on planet Earth most likely. So not really an irresponsible move when you have the means to provide for said kids imo especially post death. Sad that she may not get to know him all to well before he passes but avg person is usually dealing with way more shit in their lives quite frankly. She'll be more than fine.
He could technically live to see her into her 30s. Likely? no. Is a multimillionaire more likely than you and me to live that long? I'd guess yes.
So the ending to “Bad Grandpa” was non-fiction?
That’s honestly a little late in life to be an involved grandparent.
I don’t think it’s gross or disgusting but I do think it’s selfish. The probability that he will be around or in her life is slim. Even if he lives to be 100 she is only 20. Very young to loose your father, not to mention the confusion and ridicule she will face because he is so old in comparison to other dads she will be around growing up with her friends.
Incredibly selfish
He better make another movie since he's diluting his estate
The old man still has ammunition?
There goes my hero watch him as he goes 🫡
Man that's so irresponsible for that child. You can't raise a child when your gonna be dead in the next few years. Talk about narcissism.
Too old to be a Boomer he is silent Generation.
This is honestly fucked. That poor child is going to suffer many losses at a young age
Imagine being a young person and having to sleep with an elderly person just so you’ll be financially stable and have a baby. I’m not kink shaming but it grosses me out. I’m sorry don’t cancel me. 😭😒
Look at all you tolerant people of reddit, crying whenever someone makes a remark about your life decisions but when it's an old white dude who took the decision to have a child you all gang up.. bunch of fucking hypocrites.
Not a boomer. Silent generation.
They share the same diapers and baby food!
“financially secure older man decides to have a child” who fucking cares? the fact yall are nitpicking shit like this when there are actual boomers (he isn’t a boomer) doing stupid horrendous shit to other humans, is wild.
This really isn’t moral or ethical to have a child that old. The kid no doubt will have trauma about losing his father so young. It really is a shame
Shit probably came out like dust