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BigmanPigman

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8. My neighbor told me that she doesn't want to live to "old age"

Reply to question everything (Reply #3)

Thu Dec 13, 2018, 01:39 AM

Dec 2018

with Climate Change and all the other stuff coming our way. She's 75 and healthy but we agree that medical breakthroughs help you live longer but a lot of people can't afford to or they just don't want to. I know that suicide rates have been increasing at all ages.

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I LOVE living alone with my dog. BigmanPigman Dec 2018 #1

It is fine, until and unless you are sick or injured and have no one to call question everything Dec 2018 #3

My neighbor told me that she doesn't want to live to "old age" BigmanPigman Dec 2018 #8

This snippet conflates aloneness and loneliness Bradshaw3 Dec 2018 #2

Indeed, this was some of the examples that they gave question everything Dec 2018 #5

I could write a lot more on this subject Bradshaw3 Dec 2018 #7

alone is ok until u need another because of medical issues and nobody is there xcept msongs Dec 2018 #4

Or if you just happened to fall.. question everything Dec 2018 #6

What the hell is happening to this once great nation ? Pepsidog Dec 2018 #9