Happy?

19 Replies to “Happy?”

1. 10 years to go to be sure but he makes sense.

2. Yes.

   Let your yes mean yes, and your no mean no. Anything more than this comes from the evil one.

   That’s another key to happiness … truthfulness.

   1. Tell the truth or at least don’t lie.

3. Common sense has always been in short supply. In your guts you know what is believable. B.S. baffles brains especially those who need to be seen as trend setters.

   1. BSbaffles brains has been said another, more understandable, way,: It takes a lot of education to be able to believe that.

4. interesting . though 50 is 17 years behind me now..

5. Wrong. Genetics and daily habits. My grandmother lived alone from age 40 to 104 and my mother lived alone from age 45 until 97. Southern Italian genetics, diet and work ethic. Both husbands were huge risk takers and didn’t make it to old age.

   1. I agree that genetics is a key.
      What do you mean by risk takers?

   2. Oh admit it, you never knew your father, neither did your mother knew hers. It was your mother and grandmother that were risk (among other things) takers.

      Also there is nothing wrong with the conclusions of the Harvard study, not that you are capable of judging it.

   3. It’s called statistics. There’s always exceptions. To say it’s wrong because you have a sample size of 2 that is contrary is just ridiculous. I have an uncle who divorced his first wife and mother of all his kids before I was born (I’m 61). Every time we visited he was sitting at the kitchen table with a bottle of gin and a pack of cigarettes. I remember at least 3 long time girlfriends, and of course his second wife who lived just like him and died of lung cancer in her 60’s. He’s still going at 92. He’s an outlier, not a lifestyle guru.

      1. “It’s called statistics. ”

         Yes, of course, but now you’re way outside off Dougie’s cognitive comfort zone.

         1. You mean like getting all your news from the circle jerk of Reddit? That kind of comfort zone? Have you tried the forums at Craigslist? I know, that’s a several notches above your demonstrated mental capacity.

            1. See? That’s much better. Play to your strengths. Fling poo and like a demented baboon and troll under multiple names. Just don’t try to reason. You don’t have it in you and thus the results are always a cringe fest.

6. This https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGqrWrSiKHk makes me happy. Way to go; the whole effing board fired and replaced by one sensible man,.

   1. Huh?

      You trying to derail the thread Robert?

7. I concur with the findings. Eighty three years old and going strong. Married almost 52 years. I am a loner by nature (I love solitude) but I would be dead by now, I’m sure, if it were not for my wife – the kindest and sweetest person I have ever known ( she would have to be to put up with me). Did I mention that she is a very hot 73? That helps keep the fires burning.

   1. with you on that blackfox.

8. Cholesterol has nothing to do with longevity. You cannot compare a valid statistical fact to noise and make a claim other than that being in a good relationship adds to longevity vs purely random data.

   The study is essentially useless.

9. Okay, had parents who were deeply in love. Only Dad got – we surmise – prostate cancer back in the day when it wasn’t well recognized and only realized when he had serious bone cancer. Dad kept going more years than was expected, which meant most of his grandchildren (youngest was just four when he died) do have memories of their Grandad. His widow was devastated when he died but – despite some early desires to die – kept going for many years to see all the grandchildren through university and two married. She danced at both the weddings.
   We’re now getting to our parents’ ages and very much hoping that being happily married will allow us to navigate the various shoals of senior health issues for a good few years yet.