I heard John Glenn died...

[strummingram]

I was driving this afternoon and I always listen to 94.5 ultra-conservative, right-wing talk radio. They said John Glenn died and I said, out loud: "How old was he? 95?" ... yep!

Married for SEVENTY-THREE YEARS! His wife is still alive! She has a speech impediment (learned that from The Right Stuff). I cannot imagine that she would live much longer. To have a companion with you for that long and they're gone would be hard to keep going.

 

[chick_bleeds_carolina_blue]

I was driving this afternoon and I always listen to 94.5 ultra-conservative, right-wing talk radio. They said John Glenn died and I said, out loud: "How old was he? 95?" ... yep!

Married for SEVENTY-THREE YEARS! His wife is still alive! She has a speech impediment (learned that from The Right Stuff). I cannot imagine that she would live much longer. To have a companion with you for that long and they're gone would be hard to keep going.

Women do fine when their mates die. It's the men that cannot handle it. I'm sure we all know why too. (I'm referring to men aged 70+).

 

[chick_bleeds_carolina_blue]

I was driving this afternoon and I always listen to 94.5 ultra-conservative, right-wing talk radio. They said John Glenn died and I said, out loud: "How old was he? 95?" ... yep!

Married for SEVENTY-THREE YEARS! His wife is still alive! She has a speech impediment (learned that from The Right Stuff). I cannot imagine that she would live much longer. To have a companion with you for that long and they're gone would be hard to keep going.

And before you try to argue my point....
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/hea...-their-wife-but-women-carry-on-as-normal.html

 

[UNC71-00]

I was driving this afternoon and I always listen to 94.5 ultra-conservative, right-wing talk radio. They said John Glenn died and I said, out loud: "How old was he? 95?" ... yep!

Married for SEVENTY-THREE YEARS! His wife is still alive! She has a speech impediment (learned that from The Right Stuff). I cannot imagine that she would live much longer. To have a companion with you for that long and they're gone would be hard to keep going.

Of course he died- @Raising Heel had him in the death pool.

 

[strummingram]

And before you try to argue my point....
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/hea...-their-wife-but-women-carry-on-as-normal.html

Well, yeah... I can see that. My grandmothers both lived a lot longer. My Dad's mother buried 2 husbands! But, my biological grandfather died at 49.

My maternal grandmother lived another 18 years after a 55 year marriage. She was almost 95, too! I dunno how she did it because they were CLOSE!

Glenn was pretty amazing. I liked the story about the "fireflies" he saw in his orbit.

 

[strummingram]

Of course he died- @Raising Heel had him in the death pool.

Bastard...

 

[heelbent]

My grandmothers both lived a lot longer.

My paternal Grandmother died the day after we buried my Granddad. She just gave up.

My maternal Grandmother outlived her husband by almost 35 years.

 

[strummingram]

My paternal Grandmother died the day after we buried my Granddad. She just gave up.

It only took one day? How old was she?

 

[heelbent]

It only took one day? How old was she?

She was 82. Gramps was 85. They had been married 63 years.

 

[strummingram]

She was 82. Gramps was 85. They had been married 63 years.

Amazing it was the next day. That had to be rough for you and your family.

 

[heelbent]

Amazing it was the next day. That had to be rough for you and your family.

It sucked. I'm sure you can imagine the shock and sorrow, but logistically it was a nightmare as well. We ended up with 3/4 of the family all piled up at my grandparents house. It wasn't a pleasant time.

My grandmother's death was the second, and last, time I ever saw my dad cry. The first was when I woke up in the hospital in Germany after being injured.

 

[Raising Heel]

Glenn was pretty amazing. I liked the story about the "fireflies" he saw in his orbit.

That's a cool story. Thanks for poasting it.

 

[heelbent]

That's a cool story. Thanks for poasting it.

That firefly story is famous among the UFO crowd.

 

[Raising Heel]

That firefly story is famous among the UFO crowd.

Which explains why I've never heard it before.

 

[chick_bleeds_carolina_blue]

She was 82. Gramps was 85. They had been married 63 years.

That's an example of something sooooo very rare these days......TRUE love. The future of true love is going to be who you met online and boinked more than five times. Sad but it's coming to that. People are forgetting what love actually is and think it's pleasure and feeling good for a few minutes.

I'm jealous almost of people who get to experience a lifetime loving one person that intimately. Knowing someone inside and out, loving them through fears, successes and failures, laughing with and at them, taking care of them when they need it, trusting them, being real best friends and knowing someone had got your back no matter what. Now everyone is about having what looks good until the next that looks better comes along (this goes both ways too, my girlfriends are that way too). No depth anymore. Sad.

 

[tarheel0910]

That's an example of something sooooo very rare these days......TRUE love. The future of true love is going to be who you met online and boinked more than five times. Sad but it's coming to that. People are forgetting what love actually is and think it's pleasure and feeling good for a few minutes.

I'm jealous almost of people who get to experience a lifetime loving one person that intimately. Knowing someone inside and out, loving them through fears, successes and failures, laughing with and at them, taking care of them when they need it, trusting them, being real best friends and knowing someone had got your back no matter what. Now everyone is about having what looks good until the next that looks better comes along (this goes both ways too, my girlfriends are that way too). No depth anymore. Sad.

* @TarHeelNation11 reads post while swiping on tinder*

 

[strummingram]

That's a cool story. Thanks for poasting it.

I only became aware of it through watching "The Right Stuff."

 

[TarHeelNation11]

* @TarHeelNation11 reads post while swiping on tinder*

I'm the romantic, remember? I'm looking for what chick described.

 

[HookUNC75]

That's an example of something sooooo very rare these days......TRUE love. The future of true love is going to be who you met online and boinked more than five times. Sad but it's coming to that. People are forgetting what love actually is and think it's pleasure and feeling good for a few minutes.

I'm jealous almost of people who get to experience a lifetime loving one person that intimately. Knowing someone inside and out, loving them through fears, successes and failures, laughing with and at them, taking care of them when they need it, trusting them, being real best friends and knowing someone had got your back no matter what. Now everyone is about having what looks good until the next that looks better comes along (this goes both ways too, my girlfriends are that way too). No depth anymore. Sad.

 

[strummingram]