Almost everyone posting on this forum is over 65, almost everyone I encounter is over 60.

The next major act in all our lives is death, but nobody dares talk about it, and everyone seems to think they've got lots of time left.

 

At 70 I freely admit I'm almost dead, all I have in front of me is increasing aches, pains, odd and more frequent illnesses, my mobility reducing and my body failing.

Is it a form of delusion or fear that stops people thinking about their soon to come death?

4 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

At 70 I freely admit I'm almost dead

 

At 70 I freely admit that the best chapter of my life has just begun

33 minutes ago, Nemises said:

At 70 I freely admit that the best chapter of my life has just begun

But it's likely to be a very short chapter.

How much longer are you expecting?

Just now, BritManToo said:

But it's likely to be a very short chapter.

Maybe for you. My parents are both active well into their 90s...

It's all about that big river in Egypt. 

13 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Almost everyone posting on this forum is over 65, almost everyone I encounter is over 60.

The next major act in all our lives is death, but nobody dares talk about it, and everyone seems to think they've got lots of time left.

 

At 70 I freely admit I'm almost dead, all I have in front of me is increasing aches, pains, odd and more frequent illnesses, my mobility reducing and my body failing.

Is it a form of delusion or fear that stops people thinking about their soon to come death?

This is why I have a trust in place.  To ensure an orderly demise. 

11 minutes ago, Nemises said:

Maybe for you. My parents are both active well into their 90s...

Mine were both dead by 65, and my few uncles/aunts that managed to break 70 all had dementia.

I remember my uncle and his wife were both in the same care home, didn't know each other or that they were married.

7 minutes ago, Nemises said:

Maybe for you. My parents are both active well into their 90s...

 

10 minutes ago, Nemises said:

 

At 70 I freely admit that the best chapter of my life has just begun

Good for you.  Nice to see how positive you are.  

8 minutes ago, Hawaiian said:

Good for you.  Nice to see how positive you are.  

You can be as positive as you like, but you're still dying.

And nobody is talking about the period before born, death will be the same and is a big mystery depending on the belief system you have adopted or pushed into. In my opinion it's just the big nothing and so there's nothing to worry about.

2 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

You can be as positive as you like, but you're still dying.

And this is why we avoid chatting about this subject.

2 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

You can be as positive as you like, but you're still dying.

Yes, sooner or later we will all die.  Some sooner rather than later.  Being positive helps not being miserable about.

9 minutes ago, Hawaiian said:

Yes, sooner or later we will all die.  Some sooner rather than later.  Being positive helps not being miserable about.

I've always found accepting reality, whatever it is, makes me happier than trying to live in denial.

19 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

But it's likely to be a very short chapter.

 

 

Quality over quantity.

 

 

We will come to contentment later.

When the reaper decides it's time, there is nothing you can do. I am not afraid of death. Don't think about it much. I've had a good life. I won't do chemo, and if the time comes, so be it. 

8 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

When the reaper decides it's time, there is nothing you can do. I am not afraid of death. Don't think about it much. I've had a good life. I won't do chemo, and if the time comes, so be it. 

Agree,

I rather die without the vomiting and baldness and financial ruin for my family.

9 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

You can be as positive as you like, but you're still dying.

 

 

............from the day we are born....

 

 

Death is the final chapter; the end of the of the book - if you want to continue your literary references.

 

Nobody gets out of this adventure alive and, as we know, the only things that are certain are death and taxes. 

 

Personally, I don't fear death, but I do fear dying before I have done all the things I want to do. As someone else said, this is the best time of my life.... my kids are taken care of, I enjoy a good lifestyle with financial freedom and can still travel overseas regularly. 

 

Death has been good to me. I am fortunate to own a crematorium in the UK that does very nicely and I have earned good income from dealing with bereavements in Thailand. But that involvement has shown me the buggers-muddle that can be left behind when people don't undertake some planning in advance of their demise.

No one knows when their time will come, unless you have a terminal illness and you have a general idea. My two parents passed at 79, Dad, who smoked 3 packs a day for 60+ years, and Mom, at 84 who never smoked. My brother passed at 67, but had Diabetes and didn't lose weight when it was recommended by the doctor, so a heart attack came his way. Genetics is a lot of it but not everything. Why talk about it? We all know it comes, so live the best you can, as you can make it to 100, or not. Why bring others down because you think your time is coming soon? I have a bucket list of many things, so that's what I look forward to.

17 minutes ago, Henk Langeweg said:

And nobody is talking about the period before born, death will be the same and is a big mystery depending on the belief system you have adopted or pushed into. In my opinion it's just the big nothing and so there's nothing to worry about.

 

 

....and you certainly can't change it.

10 minutes ago, hotandsticky said:

I am fortunate to own a crematorium in the UK

So you're sorted then!

41 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Almost everyone posting on this forum is over 65, almost everyone I encounter is over 60.

The next major act in all our lives is death, but nobody dares talk about it, and everyone seems to think they've got lots of time left.

 

At 70 I freely admit I'm almost dead, all I have in front of me is increasing aches, pains, odd and more frequent illnesses, my mobility reducing and my body failing.

Is it a form of delusion or fear that stops people thinking about their soon to come death?

I'm pushing 92. I'm dying to talk about it with you.😉

32 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

You can be as positive as you like, but you're still dying.

We are all dying from the day we are born. 

 

I often see foreigners, younger than me (some much younger) , on soi Buakhou, Tukcom, around town looking like death warmed up. 

 

It seems some have not received quality DNA but most appear like they have no respect for themselves, their bodies, so OBESE, hobbling around in pain, unable to ascend or descend stairways without aid etc. 

Recently a foreigner fell from the back of a stationary baht bus, he was trying exit using 2 walking sticks WTF 

 

 

 

47 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Is it a form of delusion or fear that stops people thinking about their soon to come death?

Good question, as I have an older friend in hospital with multiple serious problems. We have talked about it and him not having much of a life but he simply does not want to die.

46 minutes ago, Nemises said:

At 70 I freely admit that the best chapter of my life has just begun

 

You must have had a very sedate life up to 69 then........

18 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

So you're sorted then!

 

LOL.................. my Will says that I want to be cremated in the country in which I die......................I am hoping that will be Thailand.

There was a thread about "what happens after you die?" a few months back.

 

As I get closer to death, I will ponder that question in more depth. 

 

 

11 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

It seems some have not received quality DNA but most appear like they have no respect for themselves, their bodies, so OBESE,

 

DNA + sitting in bars all day

 

Bars open all day is bad news, as far as I'm concerned. But good for business. 

 

2 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

 

DNA + sitting in bars all day

 

Bars open all day is bad news, as far as I'm concerned. But good for business. 

 

Yes, their daily diet consists.... too many beers, pizza and KFC. 

 

For a dead thread this has many posters ....

57 minutes ago, Nemises said:

Maybe for you. My parents are both active well into their 90s...

You're talking about your parents. Are they Thai? Here are many old people, staying at home with family.

So, if you got Thai genes, you got a good chance.🙏