FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 29 days agoIn the olden days, when people got married a lot younger, there were probably lots of grandparents in their thirtiesmessage-squaremessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up184arrow-down17
arrow-up177arrow-down1message-squareIn the olden days, when people got married a lot younger, there were probably lots of grandparents in their thirtiesFreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 29 days agomessage-square26fedilink
minus-squaresquaresinger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·29 days agoYeah, a lot of people didn’t make it to the point of dieing of old age, but it wasn’t rare to see 80yo or even 90yo people. People seem to think that a life expectancy of e.g. 45 years means that most people died at age 45, and that’s just plain wrong.
Yeah, a lot of people didn’t make it to the point of dieing of old age, but it wasn’t rare to see 80yo or even 90yo people.
People seem to think that a life expectancy of e.g. 45 years means that most people died at age 45, and that’s just plain wrong.