We are not "living longer"

[HockeyMom]

60. Your age and agree with you on that one

Maybe it's just the younger generation who like that because they cannot see the forest for the trees This is where we get into the Quality versus Quantity of life.

My Uncle was a twin born in 1924. My Mom was the only other sibling. His brother died in the crib next to him during the night at 1 year old. Neither were sick. His death certificate called it Crib Death. Today it would be called SIDS. Modern medicine can prevent this? His brother lived to be 69. He refused to undergo chemo at his age. Uncle said he preferred death to constant medical treatment. My Mom passed at 74. She had a DNR in her Living Will. "I do not wish to become a Vegetable in some Science Experiment to see how long medicine can keep me alive". Both Uncles deaths and my Mom's would certainly skew statistics; choice of death in two cases.

llmart, I too have done my family genealogy going back centuries. In my family at least there must be some genetic fertility issue. Children didn't die young, they just didn't have very many to begin with. The few they had survived.

Sorry, I will pass on living into my 90's. I feel if I make it to my 70's, only a few years away, that will be fine with me. Too many people in today's society cannot accept death which is a part of life. I, too, do not want to be a Science Experiment in old age.