Yeah ShockedOne...I know completely what you mean. I think I have reached that place.......and I don't have kids, but I have reached that place for myself. I, no longer feel this impending doom......I used to keep thinking......what will my life be without him....now, I just think, well, let's see what life has in store for me and I have myself....now this person, I can always count on! Its a bit liberating actually!