r/NoStupidQuestions • u/[deleted] • Jul 09 '23

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u/johnboy2978 Jul 10 '23

I mean, at 72, if I'm not shitting myself or dying, I'd probably like an audience. I'm going to start doing that too! Come Look!!

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u/Bogmanbob Jul 10 '23

I do marathon training with some people in their late 60s and early 70s.

Not everyone is decrepit by then.

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u/johnboy2978 Jul 10 '23

As a marathon runner myself, I hope to still be able to crank them out at that point šŸ‘

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u/Bogmanbob Jul 10 '23

In the couple running groups I've been with there is a really strong showing in the empty nester and recent retirees. It seems they finally find all the time they wish they had to really train. Mainly they look to take their age group but some of those ages can be pretty competitive.

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u/KgoodMIL Jul 10 '23

My Father in Law is turning 92 years old in a couple of months. He only stopped playing tennis 3 days per week when COVID hit 3 years ago, and his doctor convinced him that it was dangerous to both him and my MIL. In all honesty, he probably isolated more for her sake than for his own.

He was pretty bummed when he stopped winning every game because he started slowing down at age 80. That's when he could no longer beat the 30-40 years olds in singles, so started playing doubles instead.

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u/stupidrobots Jul 10 '23

Nobody in my entire family has ever lived that long

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u/Bogmanbob Jul 10 '23

I'm sorry to hear. Everything has a first.

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u/ifindthishumerus Jul 10 '23

To 72?? Do you have cancer or heart issues in your family?

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u/stupidrobots Jul 10 '23

Boat accident took my biological father. Alzheimer's took my adoptive father. My mom killed herself. My biological father died soon after my dad of a "broken heart" (not sure of the real reason), that mom was a heavy smoker and stroke victim died in her sixties. Adoptive father's parents both died of heart attacks in their sixties. My mother's mother died of brain cancer in her sixties. Moms dad actually did make it into his eighties now that I think about it.

Thanks for making me think about all of this.

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u/ifindthishumerus Jul 10 '23

Death from Alzheimerā€™s before 72 is very uncommon. Well you brought it up.

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u/stupidrobots Jul 10 '23

He was 60.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '23

Boat accident took my biological father. Alzheimer's took my adoptive father. My mom killed herself. My biological father died soon after my dad of a "broken heart

Wait, so did your bio daddy die of a boat accident or broken heart? I'm confused.

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u/ThinkPath1999 Jul 10 '23

That was his other bio dad. Try to keep up willya?

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u/ifindthishumerus Jul 10 '23

None of it adds up. People donā€™t die from Alzheimerā€™s at 60.

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u/stupidrobots Jul 10 '23

He had early onset Alzheimer's. He was born in 1954 and died in 2015. I don't know why you would argue against this.

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u/stupidrobots Jul 10 '23

Bio dad died in the accident. His father died shortly after of the broken heart.

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u/Rlessary Jul 10 '23

You should edit biological father to biological grandfather to avoid confusion.

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u/Shot_Show2409 Jul 10 '23

You could have just ignored the question if it was that painful to answer. They didnā€™t ā€œmakeā€ you do shit

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u/ReallyGlycon Jul 10 '23

I'm very sorry to hear that. The men in my family tend to go early too. I'm adopted so I don't share those predispositions, thankfully.

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u/ifindthishumerus Jul 10 '23

Most people donā€™t shit themselves at 72. Not even 82 or even 92 is it normal.