How old do you want to live to be?

[jeezifonly]

We have a choice now?

[+ sniper]

On 2/14/2024 at 9:00 PM, jeezifonly said:

We have a choice now?

Well a few stated have assisted suicide now so if you reach a certain age and have some conditions you would prefer not to progress, you can choose to not go on...

Edited February 17, 2024 by sniper

[pubic_assistance]

4 hours ago, sniper said:

Well a few stated have assisted suicide now so if you reach a certain age and have some conditions you would prefer not to progress, you can choose to not go on...

There was a beautiful story in the news recently about an elderly couple in Holland who had both reached terminal conditions and chose to end their life together holding hands during the assisted suicide procedure. I found that to be a very humane and beautiful way to go. Since we're all gonna go sometime.

[+ WilliamM]

 I give more attention to the  men in my family, dad and uncles and then my mom who died at age 91

[+ Charlie]

14 hours ago, sniper said:

Well a few stated have assisted suicide now so if you reach a certain age and have some conditions you would prefer not to progress, you can choose to not go on...

I knew two people who made that choice last year, both in their 90s, whose partners had died during the pandemic, and who both had medical conditions that were making the remainder of their lives miserable.

[samhexum]

12 hours ago, pubic_assistance said:

There was a beautiful story in the news recently about an elderly couple in Holland who had both reached terminal conditions and chose to end their life together holding hands during the assisted suicide procedure. I found that to be a very humane and beautiful way to go. Since we're all gonna go sometime.

 

@WilliamM's reaction to this was 'so... what?'

[samhexum]

[samhexum]

 

'I've been very lucky' 110-year-old NJ grandpa who lives on his own and drives daily offers tips on longevity

He lives alone with no home aid or extra help, cooks simple food for himself, walks up and down his three-level house and drives “pretty good” daily with no issues.

[+ sniper]

Hmmm...no quotes from his children. Wondering if a son assumed his identity when he died, like they think happened with Jean Clement the alleged  oldest woman ever.

[samhexum]

[samhexum]

[samhexum]

 

'Eternal youth' Vera Wang, 74, is ‘aging backwards’ in glam poolside swimsuit snap

Fans went wild after the bridal designer posted a sunny pic in a white one-piece to celebrate Memorial Day on Monday.

[samhexum]

\

 

[+ DrownedBoy]

I'll stay alive, like others said, as long as I'm healthy enough to live a semi-normal life, and retain my cognitive abilities.

When I get too sick and might become a burden, or my chronic disease gets too bad, I'll just stop taking my pills. That's how my grandfather decided to go.

If I am diagnosed with dementia, I will end my life shortly afterwards. I've had older relatives who spent their last years as zombies lying in a nursing home bed. Just....no.

[samhexum]

[+ DrownedBoy]

On 2/11/2024 at 10:24 PM, samhexum said:

I have no idea how old any of my grandparents were when they died, nor where my maternal grandfather is buried.  And since both grandfathers died 33 years before I was born (1929 was not a great year in my family), when my parents were 22 & 8, none of those equations would work out all that well for me in all likelihood.

That's why I can't take life expectancy quizzes - I have no idea who my biological family is (and after foster care, I have no intention of ever finding out).

[samhexum]

• World’s oldest-known wild bird lays an egg in Hawaii at age 74