You may get some flack for this one subby, but I chuckled.

I lol'd.
literally

Okay, did the surviving spouse die from a broken heart, or from the depression that comes from knowing you are no longer going to collect their social security check?

Together 61 years.

Something you kids will never see again.

Once upon a time people would stay married.

Yes, it's true. Hard as it is to believe.

Now go text your Uncle Daddy Step Half Father.

Anastacya: Okay, did the surviving spouse die from a broken heart, or from the depression that comes from knowing you are no longer going to collect their social security check?

Oh, I forgot, or from partying because they were free at last?

Aw, that's sad. My grandpa was never the same after my grandma (his wife of 50-plus years) died. Took a few years, but he started fading immediately.

If I get to that point and lose my wife, I'd be sorely tempted to jump off a bridge.

RockIsDead: Together 61 years.

Something you kids will never see again.

Once upon a time people would stay married.

Yes, it's true. Hard as it is to believe.

Now go text your Uncle Daddy Step Half Father.


Helped when women knew their place.

>_>...._>

*runs out*

I lol'd, subby.

Then I read the article, and now I think I've got something in my eye....

My first wife and I didn't make it to 61 months.

did they die farking?

eeewww

I know a family, father, mother and daughter that all died within four days. Father died first, mother the next day and daughter two days later. Father and mother had aneurysms, daughter just laid down and died (drugs and alcohol). Yes, they were a bit odd as a family.

Ben Folds speaks the truth.

What, no SAPPY tag?

My grandma and grandpa were married for 56 years and died on the same day. It doesn't make for as good a story, however, because they were in a car my grandpa was driving and he apparently fell asleep at the wheel and hit a wall. They both died instantly. Grandpa had a BAC of .27 when he hit the wall.

/not so cool story, bro

I'll admit it.

I guffawed at the headline, subby.

Atomic Spunk: My grandma and grandpa were married for 56 years and died on the same day. It doesn't make for as good a story, however, because they were in a car my grandpa was driving and he apparently fell asleep at the wheel and hit a wall. They both died instantly. Grandpa had a BAC of .27 when he hit the wall.

/not so cool story, bro

When it's time for me to go, I want to go like Atomic Spunk's grandpa, peacefully in my sleep (and a little buzzed).

Not screaming in terror like the passenger in his car.

RockIsDead: Together 61 years.

Something you kids will never see again.

It's also easier to make it that long when you marry when you're 12.

That something in your eye, sorry...that was me, didn't realize I was so close to spooging.

Atomic Spunk: My grandma and grandpa were married for 56 years and died on the same day. It doesn't make for as good a story, however, because they were in a car my grandpa was driving and he apparently fell asleep at the wheel and hit a wall. They both died instantly. Grandpa had a BAC of .27 when he hit the wall.

/not so cool story, bro

That's just tragic. I'm sorry for your loss.

My grandmother died when I was on my honeymoon. It was sudden. My grandparents had been married for 27 years.

She died in May. Her birthday was in April. For that birthday before her death, my grandfather had given her a birthday cake. This is unusual because he always told her that he was never going to get her a cake until he was sure she wasn't leaving him.

The month before she died, she was able to enjoy a birthday cake from my grandfather. She died in his arms at the hospital. They loved each other very much, and my grandfather refuses to even consider dating again.

He isn't fading, however. He lives alone, but has friends to keep him going. I still worry about him. I dread the day I get a phone call telling me that he is gone.

12349876: RockIsDead: Together 61 years.

Something you kids will never see again.

It's also easier to make it that long when you marry when you're 12.

Geez, does every thread lately have to turn into one about Mormons?

Atomic Spunk: My grandma and grandpa were married for 56 years and died on the same day. It doesn't make for as good a story, however, because they were in a car my grandpa was driving and he apparently fell asleep at the wheel and hit a wall. They both died instantly. Grandpa had a BAC of .27 when he hit the wall.

/not so cool story, bro

I want to go peacefully like my grandpa...

Anyone else get the ad for, "Life begins AFTER 50?"

Anastacya: Okay, did the surviving spouse die from a broken heart, or from the depression that comes from knowing you are no longer going to collect their social security check?

It is actually a common occurance with spouses who are together as long as they are. They typically pas away within relative short period of time.

I say, they died from a broken heart.

/grandma died within 1 yer after Grandpa.

yiftach: When it's time for me to go, I want to go like Atomic Spunk's grandpa, peacefully in my sleep (and a little buzzed).

Not screaming in terror like the passenger in his car.

dammit.

Anastacya: I dread the day I get a phone call telling me that he is gone.

Especially if it's from him.
OOoooooooooo!

grandparents married 60 yrs, grandmother died a week after he passed.


/// apparently not good enough for TotalFark.

A Duprass.

Busy, busy, busy.

Theaetetus: Anastacya: I dread the day I get a phone call telling me that he is gone.

Especially if it's from him.
OOoooooooooo!

If it's him, I want whatever meds he took.

woodstock:
/grandma died within 1 yer after Grandpa.

Interestingly, Atomic Spunk's grandma died within 1 yard of his grandpa.

gorgor: I'm not dead yet!
http://tinyurl.com/yg8ffch
(copy and paste, NSFW)

I told you gorgor if you put my wife's picture out again I would put you on my ignore list.

Theaetetus: Anastacya: I dread the day I get a phone call telling me that he is gone.

Especially if it's from him.
OOoooooooooo!

You sick farker, I don't often literally lol, but this one gave me a good chuckle.

/it was the 'sound effects' that did it

They may say she died from a burst ventricle, but I know she died of a broken heart

Not Me Anymore: I told you gorgor if you put my wife's picture out again I would put you on my ignore list.

That's YOUR wife? I could have sworn that was mine...

What the hell does she look like??

And the one completely sure bet in life?
You'll not get out of it alive.

jackiepaper: Ben Folds speaks the truth.

Came for the Ben Folds reference. That is one of the most beautiful songs ever.

I also LOL'd

N.o.... e.c.a.p.e....!

You can't escape....
Nowhere to run....
Nowhere to hid....

My parents have just booked the restaurant for their 60th anniversary next March - "If we're still around then" says Mum.

They're a bit pissed off that most of their friends have kicked the bucket. That must be hard.

60 year vow renewal to the day and time.

/Me in the middle.

Theaetetus: Aw, that's sad. My grandpa was never the same after my grandma (his wife of 50-plus years) died. Took a few years, but he started fading immediately.

Neither was mine. He died about 15 months later.

/still going to hell for chuckling at the headline

My parents will most likely hit their 70th anniversary, since it's 2012. Barring anything unexpected of course.

Damn allergies. Something in my eye...

My parents were married 55 years when my Mom died last year. My Dad is pissed off that he's not dead yet, too.

That is so sweet, I've got something in my eye.

Ed Finnerty: A Duprass.

Busy, busy, busy.

I see what you did there. You beat me to it.

Both sets of grandparents were married over 50 years. One Great Uncle and Aunt were married over 80 years - they were married at the age of 20. She died at 101, he died at 102. Never had any kids - that may have been their secret. Lived at home (with help) until they were about 100, then moved into a nursing home. Great Aunt died first. Peacefully and in her sleep next to my Great Uncle. He was heart broken but so used to living that it took him almost a year to die. I think it was inertia.

His biggest complaint was that none of his friends were left and the only people that came to see him were nieces and nephews - those young kids in their 60s and 70s. I was in my 40s at the time but had been fairly close to both of them for most of my life - worked on his ranch and all. He liked me, just as he liked everybody, but we were so young we just didn't understand anything about his generation. He did do a kind of manual labor in his youth that I wouldn't even contemplate. Until he "retired" at the tender age of 90 he was still a fair hand with a pitchfork or shovel. We young'uns never had to master those tools like his generation. He could pick up single kernels of wheat off a dirt yard with a #9 grain scoop and have nothing but wheat in the scoop - no gravel. When I impertinently pointed out that he had enough money to not worry about a few kernels of wheat, he glared at me and explained to me that he had gotten that rich by not wasting good wheat!

My grandmother and grandfather were 15 and 18, respectively, when they married (West Virginia in the early 40's, what do you expect?). A month later he shipped off to Germany to fight in the war, and managed to return safely a few years later. They were married for almost 60 years. At the end of their lives, my grandmother finally lost her battle to cancer after about three years. My grandfather was healthy as the horse the entire time, and spent day and night by her, doing anything and everything she asked. Two weeks after she died, he passed in his sleep, for no reason the doctors could discover.

I think a loss so horrible and absolute would be absolutely worth it, if you got to have what they had for over half a century.

akchick1971: My parents were married 55 years when my Mom died last year. My Dad is pissed off that he's not dead yet, too.

My Father-In-Law died a few years ago after 54 years of marital misery. My M-I-L is pissed that she's not dead. So are her children and children-in-law!

thelovelytigger: That is so sweet, I've got something in my eye.

Depending on how fast they were going, it could be part of Atomic Spunk's grandma and grandpa.

Huskadoodle: My parents will most likely hit their 70th anniversary, since it's 2012. Barring anything unexpected of course.

That's awesome!