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You also see this with long term couples. When a husband or wife of 40 to 50 years dies, many times it seems the surviving spouse dies within the year, even wh
by RcouF1uZ4gsC 5y ago
You also see this with long term couples.
When a husband or wife of 40 to 50 years dies, many times it seems the surviving spouse dies within the year, even when they were healthy at the time of death of the first spouse.
- ModernMech 5y agoThis happened to my grandparents. My grandmother was a kind of hypochondriac who had been claiming she was on the verge of death for 30 years. But she wasn't without health problems -- overweight, diabetic, smoker. But she kept going, nevertheless. Then my grandfather died, and she followed about a year later. I really can't help but think he was keeping her going at the end.
- watwut 5y agoDo you gave source for that? cause there are too many old widows for me to believe the couples often die around the same time. And I did not noticed this pattern in cemetery either.
- jorgesborges 5y agoI worked in a retirement home and sometimes witnessed the inverse: a husband or wife dies (more often a husband) and the surviving spouse feels liberated and rejuvenated as if decades of weight have been lifted, and they spring to life making new friends and appear generally more happy and healthy. It’s still a processes — there’s a period of grief and adjustment but I’ve seen it happen a few times.