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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 12:16 PM Original message |
Married live longer, widowed die sooner |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
1. Not in my dad's situation. |
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zonkers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 12:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Your dad sounds cool. i've seen the "table covered with bills" scenario. Is he internet savvy? |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 01:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Jesus, he sure is. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
2. Required joke: "No, it only SEEMS longer!" |
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marlakay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
3. My mom divorced my dad when she was 50 |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 12:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Yeah, I think that is what's at the heart of it. |
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dugaresa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 12:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. that is it in a nutshell, folks who are "dependent" can not live without someone running things |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
6. Um, eventually one partner is going to be widowed... |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
8. I would like to see the stats on married/non-married from the last 40 years of so... |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
10. BFD. It doesn't mean marriage per se is better for people. |
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Libertas1776 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
11. Widowed die sooner, really? |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 01:13 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. You know something? You find VERY few married people in their nineties. |
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Libertas1776 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 01:49 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. very true n/t. |
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