Three of my grandparents lived to be 85 or so. The other two are in their 90s. (Yes, I know that's 5 grandparents. Long story.)
Is anyone else experiencing this? -- grandparents living to a ripe old age, but the next generation dying young... makes me wonder about environmental toxins and stress levels and all that...
It's just kinda creepy cuz I have an Aunt Barbara who's very close to sixty-six years old. Her mother, my grandmother is eighty-six. I don't know about my other grandparents' ages.
But yes, I am kind of experiencing your situation except not so close to home. Three of my parents' friends died young, in their forties I think. They were disease/stroke sort of deaths.
I'm sorry about your aunt. That's terrible.. Be well.
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Well, everyone in our family has the "curse of longevity" (as my aunt puts it). Most go to 90s or 100s (several over 100).
The only exceptions I can think of were my dad (at 47, but it wasn't natural causes/health, so that doesn't count), and my grandmother, who developed cancer at 69.
My aunt calls it a "curse" because she really doesn't want to live to be 100 (she's 75 or so now) because it takes a lot of money to live that long, and your health deteriorates, and there's always the risk of Alhzheimers, etc.
But I'm also thinking this next generation won't be as long. I have strong feelings and opinions about environmental toxins, but I won't go into that here..
My Mom, who is 64, lost both her parents at 66. her father was an alcoholic with heart disease and her mother was in very poor health for most of her life. The problem is, whe're not sure what Mom's health is going to be like over the next decade (or, God willing, more), since all but one of her grandparents died young as well. The one who lived longer died at 80 after many years of Alzheimer's. So I guess my experience will hopefully be the opposite.
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