• Like the wind...
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    22 days ago

    No one made it to 60 gee thanks ALS and cancer. I spent half my life expectancy hating myself and being abused and now either one of those shits will take everything from me as soon as I finally cut ties with family. Sister died at 39, dad died at 56, grandparents also died in their 50s bro I should cut my losses

    • Call me Lenny/LeniOPM
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      12 days ago

      That sounds terrifying. Nevertheless, know that you are never outside being loved, no matter what those near to you would insist.

  • @werefreeatlast
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    43 days ago

    My moms uncle lived to 115. It was a painful bed ridden last 5 years, but he made it.

  • shish_mish
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    214 days ago

    Great-grandma was 103 when she died, she was born in 1899 and saw so many changes in her life. I remember her sitting on the porch smoking her pipe and telling me of her life. Even when she was very old she still took delight in so many things. Her favorite in the whole world was her television. As a teenager, she would sneak of to watch movies at the local cinema, that was just a room with a bunch of chairs set up. So when televisions came out she was over the moon. My grandmas both lived to 100, grandma died in March this year. I doubt I will live that long what with plastic in our bodies and brains.

    • @[email protected]
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      74 days ago

      What a century to be alive for! She saw so many things, both good and bad, and the amount of changes!

    • @YourAvgMortal
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      44 days ago

      Plastics may be invading our lives now, but her time wasn’t without pollutants like lead or asbestos. We should try to be healthy despite the pollution

  • Canopyflyer
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    33 days ago

    I have several direct antecedents that lived over 100. The last was my paternal grandmother, who died in 2004 at the age of 103. She was born in 1901 and outlived 3 of her 6 children (one child was stillborn). Her last child, my Dad, died just this past February at the age of 88. He was the youngest.

  • @AbouBenAdhem
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    114 days ago

    One of my ancestors fought in the Revolutionary War and died at 107.

  • @marlowe221
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    64 days ago

    94 is the oldest relative I’m aware of. It was my great grandfather. Staying active his whole life, a simple diet, and a generally positive outlook seems to have been the key.

    Most of my family say I’m a lot like him!

  • @Hugin
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    54 days ago

    One grandmother died the day before her 102nd birthday.

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    4 days ago

    99 years and ten months for my great grandma. She was in fairly good condition, lucid of mind, able to see, hear, and move although she did walk slowly with the aid of a cane.

  • @[email protected]
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    54 days ago

    Currently have a great-grandmother at 102. She still lives by herself, with people stopping by and checking on her most days of the week. Someone drives her to a quilting club every week, she doesn’t have the dexterity to sew anymore but lines up tiles for the others lol.

  • @AngryCommieKender
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    54 days ago

    Aunt Mary hit 106 or 108, Aunt Binny hit 102, Grandma hit 104.

  • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠
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    64 days ago

    I have children entering their teenage years, and my great-grandfather is still alive.

    • @Karmmah
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      24 days ago

      So how old is he? If all of you got children at 18 he could only be 82 if my calculation is correct.

  • @JASN_DE
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    64 days ago

    My great-grandma is currently rocking a solid 100. AFAIK that’s the oldest.