gobsmacked by things connected to age.

I, of course, make my two grown sons (33 and 29) totally crazy when I tell them that it was just yesterday they were babies. Or toddlers.

My very best friend is a man I met in 1972, and we cannot believe we've been friends for so long.

And on and on.

How could Frank Sinatra Jr possibly be 72 years old? Let alone dead?

malaise

(268,997 posts)

8. Because we're old

Reply to SheilaT (Reply #7)

Thu Mar 17, 2016, 06:45 AM

Mar 2016

Just imagine how old our parents would be today

GliderGuider

(21,088 posts)

9. My parents are both still here, and they're both 92.

Reply to malaise (Reply #8)

Thu Mar 17, 2016, 06:53 AM

Mar 2016

How the fuck did I get to be this age? My motto is still "Never trust anyone over 30" fergawdsake!

joshcryer

(62,270 posts)

11. I'm reminded of Jeanne Calment every time I hear something like this:

Reply to GliderGuider (Reply #9)

Thu Mar 17, 2016, 07:00 AM

Mar 2016

PARIS, Dec. 28— Andre-Francois Raffray thought he had a great deal 30 years ago: He would pay a 90-year-old woman 2,500 francs (about $500) a month until she died, then move into her grand apartment in a town Vincent van Gogh once roamed.

But this Christmas, Mr. Raffray died at age 77, having laid out the equivalent of more than $184,000 for an apartment he never got to live in.

On the same day, Jeanne Calment, now listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's oldest person at 120, dined on foie gras, duck thighs, cheese and chocolate cake at her nursing home near the sought-after apartment in Arles, northwest of Marseilles in the south of France.

She need not worry about losing income. Although the amount Mr. Raffray already paid is more than twice the apartment's current market value, his widow is obligated to keep sending that monthly check. If Mrs. Calment outlives her, too, then the Raffray children and grandchildren will have to pay.

http://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/29/world/a-120-year-lease-on-life-outlasts-apartment-heir.html

malaise

(268,997 posts)

13. LOL

Reply to GliderGuider (Reply #9)

Thu Mar 17, 2016, 07:09 AM

Mar 2016

Mine are both gone - dad would be 104 and mum would be 100 this year. Dad died at 70 and mom at 77.
My oldest sibling just turned 70. That is our reality check.

RobinA

(9,893 posts)

19. Last Year

Reply to GliderGuider (Reply #9)

Thu Mar 17, 2016, 04:03 PM

Mar 2016

I reached the age my grandmother was when I was born. My GRANDMOTHER. I'm my Grandmother's age! And I'm just a kid and my grandmother is...a grandmother. I get mad at my parents for acting old. They're in their mid-80s. Of course, they have it worse. Their baby daughter is post-menopausal.

SheilaT

(23,156 posts)

15. I don't think 67 is all that old.

Reply to malaise (Reply #8)

Thu Mar 17, 2016, 12:53 PM

Mar 2016

Honestly.

I realize the life of someone this age who has chronic health issues is very different from mine, but I still don't think this is old.

SheilaT

(23,156 posts)

18. My mother would be turning 100

Reply to malaise (Reply #8)

Thu Mar 17, 2016, 01:41 PM

Mar 2016

this coming August 9. Yeah.

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)

14. 72 is the passing of time, I'm of the generation where many died very young while Reagan laughed

Reply to SheilaT (Reply #7)

Thu Mar 17, 2016, 07:57 AM

Mar 2016

about it so this sort of 'oh 72 is too young' stuff always strikes me as privilege talk out of the sort of people who favored Reagan's silence and think Ron and Nancy cured AIDS. 72. That's old. '

joshcryer

(62,270 posts)

10. Tom Snyder 1996 - Frank Jr:

Reply to SheilaT (Reply #5)

Thu Mar 17, 2016, 06:57 AM

Mar 2016

Used to watch Snyder as a kid. Loved him of all the late night guys.

I, too, was surprised by Frank Jr's age. 2 years older than my mom. Gives me pause, since she's so vital.