Well... we all knew that they were out to destroy men and male-ness in general. Now “the science” says it can buy you more time... but at what cost?
My grandfather is 93. All of his friends are dead. His second wife is failing mentally. He doesn’t work anymore and is generally cooped up at home. From the outside, it seems that longevity is more of a curse than a blessing.
I think that once you reach 70 years, most of us are ready to go when the Lord calls us home. I don’t know of anyone that really worries as much as they did 10 years earlier. One is resigned to their fate, whatever it will be, and not concerned about extending it, particularly ones like your Grandfather who is relegated to home confinement.
My parents are both 95, my mother has been shuffled between the hospital and rehab/nursing home for the last 3 months but my dad is vaguely aware of it for only a few seconds a day while he is in an assisted living memory care. They aren’t really living and they’re burning through their savings rapidly. Everything they’ve worked for is going away. Longevity doesn’t appear to be worth it.
“My grandfather is 93. All of his friends are dead. His second wife is failing mentally. He doesn’t work anymore and is generally cooped up at home. From the outside, it seems that longevity is more of a curse than a blessing.”
It’s like owning a Doberman. Dobermans have a lifespan of about nine years because of bad breeding practices many years ago, I will also note that they are trying to breed those problems out of Dobermans but I don’t know how far along they are... anyway, Dobermans live to be about 9 some people think that’s bad or sad but if you think about it - if a dog lives to be 14 or 15 the last four or five years of their lives they’re not in Optimum Health and they might be dependent upon the veterinarian to keep them vital at a large cost. And then they die pain ridden terrible deaths.
So, what’s better? A doberman living a full active life for 9 years or to live a full active life for 9 years followed by 5 or 6 years of failing health as in other breeds?
I really had to get on my sister a number of years back because she would nurse along dogs that she had that were being eaten up by cancer (mostly) and after about the 3rd one and thousands of dollars down the drain she realized that she was only keeping them alive for herself and not for the animals benefit which is probably not in the best interest of the dear pets.