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stu54 t1_jdpab7h wrote

Reply to comment by YesterdaySimilar2069 in Research found after six years spent tracking health outcomes among nearly 925,000 Danish seniors, investigators determined that when a man between the ages of 65 and 69 loses his wife he is 70% more likely to die in the year that follows, when compared with his non-widowed peers by Wagamaga

I was thinking the same. Older men's social lives were largely composed of work and wife. After retirement, empty nest, and widowering an old man is left with nothing.

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Fantastic_Beans t1_jdpvnsi wrote

Game night with the gents at the retirement home

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Prryapus t1_jdqg17c wrote

We're lucky to live in a generation where we're so used to tech. By the time we're this old we'll be able to have system link halo battles like back in the good old days

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hananobira t1_jdrp8pp wrote

I’m holding out for the nursing home with the holodeck.

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