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In the discussion thread: You know what ALSO takes courage? [View all]

Response to BlancheSplanchnik (Original post)

Thu Jun 4, 2015, 01:20 PM

2. Yes.

The same is true of men, Blanche. In fact, we die years earlier when there is no partner in our life, while women show no drop in life expectancy in the parallel situation.

Personally, I don't know what I would do if I lost my wife. I selfishly hope I go first.

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82 replies	Author	Time	Post
You know what ALSO takes courage? [View all]	BlancheSplanchnik	Jun 2015	OP
Amen	shenmue	Jun 2015	#1
...	BlancheSplanchnik	Jun 2015	#54
Yes.	Jackpine Radical	Jun 2015	#2
I'm not sure this is the best place for this comment.	F4lconF16	Jun 2015	#6
Why don't you give that speech to the names of the, overwhelmingly, men at the war memorials we	jtuck004	Jun 2015	#13
That would not be an appropriate time and place.	F4lconF16	Jun 2015	#19
I certainly took your "volcano" post in the way it was intended.	Jackpine Radical	Jun 2015	#37
Hi Pine! I was at work and horrors forgot my phone....couldn't check in on the thread till now.	BlancheSplanchnik	Jun 2015	#40
Of course you're right in all the points you make.	Jackpine Radical	Jun 2015	#50
Awwww, thanks, man!!	BlancheSplanchnik	Jun 2015	#51
Yes indeed.	brer cat	Jun 2015	#75
awwwww......gee,	BlancheSplanchnik	Jun 2015	#79
Unfortunately, our cannon fodder young men were sent to war	No Vested Interest	Jun 2015	#25
Why limit it to the last half-century?	ChristianGrey	Jun 2015	#29
"Unrelenting oppression that women face in our society?"	TexasMommaWithAHat	Jun 2015	#30
Unrelenting doesn't have to mean noticeable, even.	F4lconF16	Jun 2015	#32
Good	TexasMommaWithAHat	Jun 2015	#34
I don't know how to reply to a sub-thread that dropped into the negative. I agree with you/Blanche.	erronis	Jun 2015	#17
You're not alone there JR...	N_E_1 for Tennis	Jun 2015	#18
The same holds true for many of us.	In_The_Wind	Jun 2015	#3
Absolutely.	jwirr	Jun 2015	#4
you raised yourself?	snooper2	Jun 2015	#5
where does OP suggest she raised herself?	magical thyme	Jun 2015	#11
No kidding. Old women are especially worthless in the US	Warpy	Jun 2015	#7
Absolutely agree.	hamsterjill	Jun 2015	#24
saddens me too.	BlancheSplanchnik	Jun 2015	#80
This is the point I was trying to make..that life for older women is nothing like the glittery cover	BlancheSplanchnik	Jun 2015	#41
Well, there is one up side to it all	Warpy	Jun 2015	#43
True. I don't fear groups of males coming toward me as much as before.	BlancheSplanchnik	Jun 2015	#48
Absolutely !!	abakan	Jun 2015	#8
I'm 57, but Caitlyn Jenner is 65.	BlancheSplanchnik	Jun 2015	#42
So true!	JDPriestly	Jun 2015	#9
Yep.	BlancheSplanchnik	Jun 2015	#44
Results of Jury	zeemike	Jun 2015	#59
I got alerted on for distinguishing between trans women and xx chromosome women?	BlancheSplanchnik	Jun 2015	#60
There are egg shells all over the floor.	zeemike	Jun 2015	#61
heh heh!	BlancheSplanchnik	Jun 2015	#63
Generally things like woman-born or female identified have been used against transwomen	LostOne4Ever	Jun 2015	#65
Thanks! Thst helps.	BlancheSplanchnik	Jun 2015	#67
Trans means moving across or through	LostOne4Ever	Jun 2015	#69
Ohhhh....wow, interesting.	BlancheSplanchnik	Jun 2015	#71
Sometimes informing helps more than sending an alert	LostOne4Ever	Jun 2015	#72
That's my feeling, exactly.	BlancheSplanchnik	Jun 2015	#73
I hear ya! Born in November 1949.	WinkyDink	Jun 2015	#10
ditto	annabanana	Jun 2015	#15
Smile lines are the only thing that counts in the end. (nt)	Jackpine Radical	Jun 2015	#38
{{annabanana}}	WinkyDink	Jun 2015	#56
yes. nt	magical thyme	Jun 2015	#12
Old age ain't for sissies. Bette Davis	Tierra_y_Libertad	Jun 2015	#14
...	BlancheSplanchnik	Jun 2015	#55
Never forget that age and treachery will overcome youth and skill every time. nt	Zorra	Jun 2015	#16
LoL!	BlancheSplanchnik	Jun 2015	#45
Hear, hear! eom	eissa	Jun 2015	#20
Thank you for posting this.	Tipperary	Jun 2015	#21
My 60-something wife has no kids	Plucketeer	Jun 2015	#22
My wife is older than me but has made me promise to "let her go first".	Tierra_y_Libertad	Jun 2015	#26
LOL!	Plucketeer	Jun 2015	#33
OTOH. If my wife goes first I'm heading for bankruptcy.	Tierra_y_Libertad	Jun 2015	#39
K&R times a bazillion.	CharlotteVale	Jun 2015	#23
Wish I knew what thread you were talking about	randys1	Jun 2015	#27
I'm talking about the sparkling champaign reception given the birth of Caitlyn Jenner, at 65.	BlancheSplanchnik	Jun 2015	#46
For you, Blanche.	sheshe2	Jun 2015	#28
Thanks, she...	BlancheSplanchnik	Jun 2015	#49
The Cloak of Comedy	seveneyes	Jun 2015	#31
That's funny, I was just thinking about that last night	Blue_In_AK	Jun 2015	#35
Well there are different kinds of courage.	Kalidurga	Jun 2015	#36
Yes, it is a huge step she's taking, and it's courageous.	BlancheSplanchnik	Jun 2015	#58
That is very true.	Kalidurga	Jun 2015	#74
7.3 billion humans and we get lonelier everyday	olddots	Jun 2015	#47
I hear ya, Blanche, and completely agree.	mountain grammy	Jun 2015	#52
It's a behind the scenes kind of courage	BlancheSplanchnik	Jun 2015	#53
Yes, no awards for the silent, everyday courage it takes to just keep on going	mountain grammy	Jun 2015	#78
Harry got it right. Just ask my wife.	JEB	Jun 2015	#57
i'm not sure why you feel the need to "other" caitlyn jenner	fizzgig	Jun 2015	#62
Hi fizzgig, I hope I can explain....	BlancheSplanchnik	Jun 2015	#66
i appreciate your response	fizzgig	Jun 2015	#77
Hating on trans women thread...	Jesus Malverde	Jun 2015	#64
No. You completely misinterpret my intent.	BlancheSplanchnik	Jun 2015	#70
Being a 65 years old woman without the benefit of family, fame, or fortune take courage period	LostOne4Ever	Jun 2015	#68
Courage - The Definition Of Living In America Today	cantbeserious	Jun 2015	#76
How did I miss this lovely thread?	malaise	Jun 2015	#81
I'm sorry you did...	BlancheSplanchnik	Jun 2015	#82

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