Originally Posted by
mickd1961
My mum has lived in the same road since 1967 and some of her neighbours have lived there since the road was built in 1962 so by definition, they’re all now 80+ with some now 90+.
Regardless of the age they actually reached, if any of these people is now on their own they are women, in every single case including my mum’s own situation it’s the men that dropped off the perch first.
There isn’t a single lone, widowed male amongst all of these long term neighbours.
My dad dies first, his dad died well before his mum and my mum’s dad went nearly 20 years before her mum.
My wife is 5 years older than me but her dad has actually outlived her mum who dies at 85 and he’s now 92 so I expect she’ll outlive me.
Enjoy your evening, hopefully you’ll be around to post tomorrow.