My last surviving parent ~ of the two I'd had since 1964 ~ has passed away two months short of his 100th birthday. I have children old enough to give me grandchildren [although, they haven't obliged yet] and here I am, finally, an orphan. How early/late in life did it happen to you?
@fmf saidSorry to hear that FMF. Happened to me a couple of years ago so a similar age to yourself.
My last surviving parent ~ of the two I'd had since 1964 ~ has passed away two months short of his 100th birthday. I have children old enough to give me grandchildren [although, they haven't obliged yet] and here I am, finally, an orphan. How early/late in life did it happen to you?
@the-gravedigger saidA couple of years ago... you were faced with the choice of battling on "alone" or take a place in the orphanage?
Sorry to hear that FMF. Happened to me a couple of years ago so a similar age to yourself.
@fmf saidThere was no feelings of battling on alone. I was glad they were at peace.
A couple of years ago... you were faced with the choice of battling on "alone" or take a place in the orphanage?
Had I attempted to take a place in an orphanage, (do such places still exist in the UK?)
I would have been arrested.
@the-gravedigger saidEven in the private sector? That's atrocious.
Had I attempted to take a place in an orphanage, (do such places still exist in the UK?)I would have been arrested.
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@fmf saidMy dad passed @ 102. I was 73 @ the time.
My last surviving parent ~ of the two I'd had since 1964 ~ has passed away two months short of his 100th birthday. I have children old enough to give me grandchildren [although, they haven't obliged yet] and here I am, finally, an orphan. How early/late in life did it happen to you?
@great-big-stees saidThat's rough. You doing OK? Your mother had already 'moved on' previously?
My dad passed @ 102. I was 73 @ the time.
@great-big-stees saidBe strong.
It was 5 years ago and my mum passed 5 years before his passing. I was “prepared” for both. I still cried. They had lived long, rewarding lives.👍
Let our orphandom bind us.
@great-big-stees saidI know even at 73 it hurts. I know I'll never reach 102, he lived to be a ripe old age.
My dad passed @ 102. I was 73 @ the time.
I take it that it was years ago now?
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