How long do you expect to live? - Page 2

Clodfobble · 03-07-2010, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Carruthers

It is also said that unmarried men (ME!) tend to depart this mortal vale of tears rather earlier than their married counterparts.

On the other hand, married women tend to die sooner than unmarried women (actually, those who never married; I think divorced women are expected to die at the same time as their married counterparts.)

Pico and ME · 03-07-2010, 02:50 PM

I wonder if that still applies if the women married late, like I did, at 40? Still, one of my grandmothers died at 98 (and sharp as a tack and healthy when she did), and the other is still alive - and she is in her late 90's. My mother is still going strong at 78. I think I have a good chance.

Carruthers · 03-07-2010, 04:18 PM

As stated in my post #14, most of my forebears have been blessed with long lives. However, I've recently been carrying out some family history research and discovered that my 4 x Great Grandmother, Susanna, who was born in 1786 had seven children, the last two of which were twin boys, Henry and William. In October 1819 Henry died at the age of nineteen days and his mother died ten days later at the age of thirty-three years. William died in the following February at the age of four months.

The register of burials for the time is littered with the names of children who survived, at best, a few months and adults who didn't live past their mid-forties.
Life truly was nasty, brutish and short.

Carruthers

TheMercenary · 03-11-2010, 12:06 PM

I guess I would want to live long enough to be able to take care of myself. After that I would be done. I don't want to live in a situation where others have to care for me, like my mother is now. I would just want to end it at that point. So I guessed 71-80.

Pie · 03-11-2010, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by neuromancer

You're trying to con the street into killing you when you're not looking. You're suicidal.

I feel that way about my body most days.

Datalyss · 03-11-2010, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by SamIam

drooling in a wheel chair and peeing my pants in some nursing home.

I was starting to have a good time here again until I saw this post. Is this how you see all people in wheelchairs? As someone in a wheelchair, I'm seriously offended.

Datalyss · 03-11-2010, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by squirell nutkin

I will probably live until I die, possibly longer, but it's hard to say.

Add this answer to the poll. It's a good one.

Datalyss · 03-11-2010, 01:50 PM

Now that I've got those two outta the way....

I shall live until the dark lord calls for me, MUAHAHAHA!

Sheldonrs · 03-11-2010, 01:59 PM

All 4 of my grandparents died in their 50s. No blood relative of mine has lived longer than 62 years. And everyone of them died of cancer.

This means I have about 12 years max to hook up with every male on this board.

Pie · 03-11-2010, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by SamIam

I'm more concerned with being able to get around and have all my mental faculties entact than I am living to some advanced age and be drooling in a wheel chair and peeing my pants in some nursing home. If that means I die at 60, so be it.

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Originally Posted by Datalyss

I was starting to have a good time here again until I saw this post. Is this how you see all people in wheelchairs? As someone in a wheelchair, I'm seriously offended.

She didn't say that. Stop projecting your hangups on her.

Datalyss · 03-11-2010, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Pie

She didn't say that. Stop projecting your hangups on her.

Do you need a wheelchair to get around, huh? Do you have a birth defect that severely affect your balance?

Pie · 03-11-2010, 03:13 PM

She said she feared lack of mobility and losing her mind.

I'm sure I know which of those two better apply to you.

You're welcome.

Datalyss · 03-11-2010, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Pie

She said she feared lack of mobility and losing her mind.

Well, since you put it that way. My calm is re-enhancing, but she coulda left out the parts about the drooling and the peeing in the pants.

classicman · 03-11-2010, 03:32 PM

That is a realistic fear to those of us who have never dealt with it. Similar to going blind or getting Alzheimers.

Datalyss · 03-11-2010, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by classicman

That is a realistic fear to those of us who have never dealt with it. Similar to going blind or getting Alzheimers.

Which part, the drooling, the over active bladder, or being stuck in a wheelchair all day. Cuz being in a wheelchair really isn't that bad, at least not for me.

View Poll Results: at what age will you carc it?
I won't see 60	2	10.00%
61-70	3	15.00%
71-80	7	35.00%
81-90	3	15.00%
91-100	4	20.00%
rasputin 101+	1	5.00%
Voters: 20. You may not vote on this poll

03-07-2010, 02:50 PM	#17
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	I wonder if that still applies if the women married late, like I did, at 40? Still, one of my grandmothers died at 98 (and sharp as a tack and healthy when she did), and the other is still alive - and she is in her late 90's. My mother is still going strong at 78. I think I have a good chance. Last edited by Pico and ME; 03-07-2010 at 04:32 PM.

03-11-2010, 01:59 PM	#24
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	All 4 of my grandparents died in their 50s. No blood relative of mine has lived longer than 62 years. And everyone of them died of cancer. This means I have about 12 years max to hook up with every male on this board. __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

03-11-2010, 03:13 PM	#27
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	She said she feared lack of mobility and losing her mind. I'm sure I know which of those two better apply to you. You're welcome. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

03-11-2010, 03:32 PM	#29
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	That is a realistic fear to those of us who have never dealt with it. Similar to going blind or getting Alzheimers. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

03-07-2010, 04:18 PM	#18
Carruthers Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Buckinghamshire UK Posts: 4,059	As stated in my post #14, most of my forebears have been blessed with long lives. However, I've recently been carrying out some family history research and discovered that my 4 x Great Grandmother, Susanna, who was born in 1786 had seven children, the last two of which were twin boys, Henry and William. In October 1819 Henry died at the age of nineteen days and his mother died ten days later at the age of thirty-three years. William died in the following February at the age of four months. The register of burials for the time is littered with the names of children who survived, at best, a few months and adults who didn't live past their mid-forties. Life truly was nasty, brutish and short. Carruthers

03-11-2010, 12:06 PM	#19
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	I guess I would want to live long enough to be able to take care of myself. After that I would be done. I don't want to live in a situation where others have to care for me, like my mother is now. I would just want to end it at that point. So I guessed 71-80.

03-11-2010, 01:50 PM	#23
Datalyss Huh? Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Gallman, MS, USA Posts: 384	Now that I've got those two outta the way.... I shall live until the dark lord calls for me, MUAHAHAHA!

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