It was rhetorical 
. Point being, they are still “college age”, not 79, in my mind.
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I listed it here, because apparently we do not have a “burn in hell” thread.
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The City Leader Who Revived Central Park Dies at 85
Gordon J. Davis was New York City’s first Black parks commissioner and one of the most effective. He also led Lincoln Center.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2026/10/06/jim-bakker-disgraced-televangelist-dies-xx/
Jim Bakker, disgraced televangelist who went to prison, dies at 86 With his wife, Tammy Faye, he presided over the multimillion-dollar PTL empire before his fall in the 1980s after sex and fraud scandals.
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fred claire rip
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Eva Marie Saint, who starred in memorable classic films such as “North by Northwest” and “On the Waterfront,” has died at 102.
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- That’s awesome. I was reading how football coach Marv levy is 101. I wish I knew the secret.
I’m hoping to stay healthy and active for several more years, but also hoping to check out way before age 102.
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Damn. Not me. Where else would I go ?
My friend’s MIL is 103, almost 104. I never want to be that old.
Now if I could be like Betty White…maybe.
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My MIL is 99. I love her, but hard pass for me.
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My grandmother made it to 102 and she was happy to make it to 100, but the last year-ish was a definite decline from from how she had lived most of her life, and she was definitely ready to go.
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My folks didn’t really enjoy their 90s nearly as much as the decades prior. They lived to 94 & 95.
I want to live in decent health and decent mental abilities. When those are gone, I’d be ready to move to next realm.
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DH and I are watching the frailties of our 90±year-old parents and thinking the same thoughts expressed above. However, we’re approaching 70 with a 29-year-old son whose life is just beginning. If we check out in our 90s, we only get to see him to his fifties. So not fair, but there’s the math. We certainly don’t want to be in serious decline during his prime years. We’d rather leave neatly and quickly, but we have little control over that.
One day at a time.
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Good points. Quality of life is super important, as is not being a burden on our kids.
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As an older parent I feel this intensely. I’d like to know my grandchildren if I am lucky enough to have some. I’d like to be there for my daughter at least through middle age. I had my ups and downs with my folks but their emotional support, while sometimes lacking, was at other times very important to me. My dad lived to almost 90 and had a lot of health issues but was lucid to almost the very end. My mom is also 89 and her cognitive abilities seem to be slowly returning after months of confusion following a fall, rehab and move to assisted living. Her main health complaint is à lack of mobility which I think if I can force myself to be active and exercise with intention I can stave off for the most part. She did not do this and her severe lack of mobility is mostly weight and deconditioning. Without that she could probably still live at home. So that’s my primary goal - to stay lucid and mobile and relatively healthy until 90-95. My genes suggest it’s possible. That gets my kid into her 50’s. But like so many others I don’t want to be a burden on her. I’d like to be around only if our relationship stays roughly equal.
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