What age of death is no longer 'young'?

[traditional_woman]

Some people say that dying under 60 is considered young, but I'm sure teens and twenties would say it was old . At what age do you hear of someone's passing that you say to yourself, ''at least they lived a good long life''?

To me it's around 85.

[jungulator]

I don't know. I guess it depends on the person. I'd say if you die before you get to enjoy at least 5 years of retirement. You were too young to die.

[TinCan]

Triple digits.

[ressurectedUltraSaiyanUSA]

*shakes head*.....

:lol::lol::lol:

[CaptainPike]

Obama will define this for us soon.

[mrclean]

Eighty is a good age to check out.

After that, you're pretty much screwed anyway.

[jungulator]

Eighty is a good age to check out.

After that, you're pretty much screwed anyway.

I don't know. My grandpa was still kicking until he hit 90. After that it was all downhill though.

[super cool ski instructor]

I think that once you hit 75...it is safe to dsay you have lived a nice long life. That is 3/4 of a century...not bad. If you make it past that...all the better!

[traditional_woman]

I wonder if old ppl fear death(like young ppl do) or if they embrace it. I'm talking 70's and up.

[wayoverthehill]

I wonder if old ppl fear death(like young ppl do) or if they embrace it. I'm talking 70's and up.I'm pushing 70 and the older I get, the less I fear death. In a lot of ways, it is like a release, especially if one is in poor health. My mom lived to be nearly 87 so I would say she had a good, long life but many times she would say she was "ready to go" and her mind was sharp until the very end.

[James Juno]

I'm pushing 70 and the older I get, the less I fear death. In a lot of ways, it is like a release, especially if one is in poor health. My mom lived to be nearly 87 so I would say she had a good, long life but many times she would say she was "ready to go" and her mind was sharp until the very end.

+1

Closing in on that magic number myself and have similar feelings. I don't fear it nor think about it since it's as inevitable as paying Obama's global-warming tax. I just hope it doesn't hurt as much. ;)

[Samm]

A young death is the death of anyone 4 years or fewer older than than the oldest Baby Boomers. Baby Boomers have consistently relabeled "old" (first from 50 to 60 and soon to 70) as the oldest among them reaches the mid point of the decade prior to reaching that milestone. ;) Those of you who are within that 4 year bracket benefit by never getting old along with us. The downside is, we will all die young. ;)

[jimjames418]

I don't know. My grandpa was still kicking until he hit 90. After that it was all downhill though.
You could have gone all week without posting that. My 90th is fast approaching and you make it sould like the end of the world.

Anyone who is younger them me, most of them it seems, that die are, IMHO, dead before their time.

[Samm]

You could have gone all week without posting that. My 90th is fast approaching and you make it sould like the end of the world.

Anyone who is younger them me, most of them it seems, that die are, IMHO, dead before their time.

My mother died at 98... she was well past 90 before she acknowledged that maybe... just maybe... she was getting old. ;)

[jimjames418]

I wonder if old ppl fear death(like young ppl do) or if they embrace it. I'm talking 70's and up.
As a young person I did not fear death, like a lot of young people I though I would live forever. Now that I am up there in age, I do not fear death. I do not embrace death, but I am prepared for it when it happens, as it does to every human. :pray:

[traditional_woman]

You could have gone all week without posting that. My 90th is fast approaching and you make it sould like the end of the world.

Anyone who is younger them me, most of them it seems, that die are, IMHO, dead before their time.


Wow, I think you are the oldest person I've met on the net LOL. I assumed you were in your 30's/40's thinking those were your kids in the avatar.

[traditional_woman]

I'm pushing 70 and the older I get, the less I fear death. In a lot of ways, it is like a release, especially if one is in poor health. My mom lived to be nearly 87 so I would say she had a good, long life but many times she would say she was "ready to go" and her mind was sharp until the very end.

That's what I'm thinking. Once you've completed your career, your kids are grown with a family of their own, etc.....i think death would be easier to accept.

[NascarGirl2448]

I think its around mid 80s maybe. Before then, you still have a lot of life to live.

[curtis123]

Some people say that dying under 60 is considered young, but I'm sure teens and twenties would say it was old . At what age do you hear of someone's passing that you say to yourself, ''at least they lived a good long life''?

To me it's around 85.


We're all children.

The only shame is a life unlived, but I know of some who lived even past 85 without really living it.

Ago pro dies.

[sgtmac_46]

obama will define this for us soon. +1

[sgtmac_46]

I wonder if old ppl fear death(like young ppl do) or if they embrace it. I'm talking 70's and up.

I'd say at some point you embrace it.....especially when everyone you've known most of your life is already dead.

[John2598]

Some people say that dying under 60 is considered young, but I'm sure teens and twenties would say it was old . At what age do you hear of someone's passing that you say to yourself, ''at least they lived a good long life''?

To me it's around 85.

To me it's 100. Then I think to myself, "OK, not bad." That's assuming that the person didn't suffer extreme frailty or dementia for the last 15. If they had to suffer, then they might as well have died at 85. I want the extra years to be good years.

People age at a different rates. Some are old at 65 and don't last much longer and some are still young at 100+. I've known people who were 100 and over who were still very active (golfing, bowling and dancing several times a week).

You have to do something to earn it, like live a healthy lifestyle. For the most part, longevety doesn't just happen for no reason.

:whistle:

[jungulator]

You could have gone all week without posting that. My 90th is fast approaching and you make it sould like the end of the world.

Anyone who is younger them me, most of them it seems, that die are, IMHO, dead before their time.

It wasn't the end of the world. He lived to 94, I think once he could no longer get around without a walker or wheel chair he just started to give up. He outlived my great grandmother by 15 years and his only daughter died 2 years after that. I think that played a great deal on him as well. (he was my great grandfather)

[jimjames418]

Wow, I think you are the oldest person I've met on the net LOL. I assumed you were in your 30's/40's thinking those were your kids in the avatar.
Grand son. Late in life surprise by and for my daughter. :lol:

[King Cantona]

It depends how old you are, I remember dreading turning 30 because I thought that was old. Then I turned 40 and I wish I was an old bastard of 30....

When I'm 60 I'm sure I'll think that 50 was young.........

[Kegler300]

I had some young kid tell me he wouldn't want to be old and live to 70...I told him, "that's because you're not 69..."

[King Cantona]

I had some young kid tell me he wouldn't want to be old and live to 70...I told him, "that's because you're not 69..."

Ah yes, who can forget Roger Daltry singing "I hope I die before I get old"?......

Can't sing it now without realising the irony......:)).......

[Kegler300]

You're only as old as you feel...unfortunately for some like me, I feel old all the time!

[johnrocks]

I wonder if old ppl fear death(like young ppl do) or if they embrace it. I'm talking 70's and up.

I had an Aunt who I felt so sorry for one time in her long and self depreciating life,when she got in her 80's,her health really started going down hill, oxygen due to enphezema, a bag on the side to collect her waste due to part of her intestines being removed and crippling arthritis among other things,one day out of the blue while she and her sorry daughter were visiting,she turned and out of the blue she said to me " I'm scared of dying but I'm sick of living", I never felt more sorry for a person in my life up to that point, I thought about how miserable that must be.

[jimjames418]

You're only as old as you feel...unfortunately for some like me, I feel old all the time!
Keeping young people in your life keeps you feeling young. Esp if you try to keep up with them. :doh:

[Samm]

I'd say at some point you embrace it.....especially when everyone you've known most of your life is already dead.

Yes, I believe you are right. When my father died my mother was 93; she changed at that moment... not for the worse, but for the better. She knew she was then in the last stage of her life and she embraced it. Her two biggest goals at that point were to die healthy and to die before any of her children. She accomplished both and as she lay dying (from internal bleeding that she refused treatment for) she was happy because she knew that her time had come and she could confidently go in peace. And being the Swedish mother to the end, nearly her last words for those gathered around her were "Aren't you guys hungry? Are you getting enough to eat?" ;)

[traditional_woman]

Yes, I believe you are right. When my father died my mother was 93; she changed at that moment... not for the worse, but for the better. She knew she was then in the last stage of her life and she embraced it. Her two biggest goals at that point were to die healthy and to die before any of her children. She accomplished both and as she lay dying (from internal bleeding that she refused treatment for) she was happy because she knew that her time had come and she could confidently go in peace. And being the Swedish mother to the end, nearly her last words for those gathered around her were "Aren't you guys hungry? Are you getting enough to eat?" ;)

That's sweet. I've never heard of it being a goal to die healthy, very interesting, and I'm sure her attitude and thinking had something to do w/ it. If we should all be so fortunate to go when we 'want' to.

[Old_Mil]

Some people say that dying under 60 is considered young, but I'm sure teens and twenties would say it was old . At what age do you hear of someone's passing that you say to yourself, ''at least they lived a good long life''?

To me it's around 85.

40 is the old age of youth; 50 is the youth of old age. We speak of 85 being a good long life, in reality very few people actually make it to that age.

[Samm]

40 is the old age of youth; 50 is the youth of old age. We speak of 85 being a good long life, in reality very few people actually make it to that age.

The vast majority of my ancestral family has. I don't expect to be the one to break the custom. ;)

[jimjames418]

40 is the old age of youth; 50 is the youth of old age. We speak of 85 being a good long life, in reality very few people actually make it to that age.
All of my family that have died younger than 90 have died as the result of accidents or because of cancer.