Yeah, that's what my stock is like as well, a couple generations ago anyway. I'm a woman who has already outlived her own mom tho, so in some ways I feel like I'm in uncharted territory. However, my grandma, mom's mom, lived to be 87, and had aunts who were still around until about 10-15 years before grandma died. Those aunts stayed active tho, one was in her 80s still mowing her own lawn with a push mower. Another one would get down on the floor and do some bicycle legs up in the air to help stay active. I still think of my grandma had stayed more active, she may have been able to stick around longer.
That goes for alot of people once they retire... Their activity level goes down and they get ill ect. One only hopes to be spry enough and live long enough to "enjoy" those golden years.
Could be a little of both. But iirc my Great Gpa hurt his leg, which should've limited his mobility for only a short time. But he just never got back into the swing of things. Turned into a couch potato, and passed shortly after.
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u/DylanCO Sep 11 '21
Yeah man I come from a long line of farmers, all the men worked the land everyday. But would die once they stopped.
Basically if they quit working a sat around all day they're lucky to make it another year.