I’m always intrigued when I see adults (30s+) with able bodied grandparents - How is that possible?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:isn't just math? If grandma had a kid at 20, your mom at 25, then you can be 30 with a 75 year old grandma in good health.

Lauren Boebert became a grandmother at 36, Sarah Palin at 45. I’d imagine this was even more common in generations past.

And look at her - she vaping and grabbing crotch in a theater during a show! You go mee-maw!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This guy is 90:


This gal is 86:
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If you live your life right and take care of yourself, which must include substantial efforts to stay strong and fit in your elder years, and you are lucky enough to avoid the random death by accident or environmental carcinogens, then it is entirely possible to be in your 90s preparing and hosting Thanksgiving dinner for your children, grandchildren and even great grandchildren.

I'm pretty sure the guy is getting help from "chemistry", so there's that... it will no doubt expand the realm of what is "possible".

[Anonymous]

This is so wild to me, too. I’m 34 and only have one living parent left, definitely no grandparents. My husband is the same age as I am and has all of his grandparents alive.. and one of his grandmothers (through marriage, but still) is the same age as my mother!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am 51 and my grandma is alive. She’s 102 and in great shape. But not hosting Thanksgiving!

Same.

[Anonymous]

Huh? My family is able bodied until 80 at least. My mom had me at 30, so she’s only mid 60s. She has WAY more time on her hands than I’ll ever have to cook and prep. Same with my in-laws. My grandparents are in their 90s and their hosting days are over.

[Anonymous]

I have relative who is now a great grandmother, who is still hosting her families Thanksgiving, but she had her first child at age 15.

[Anonymous]

I had able bodied grandparents until I was about 40. Not because they were old and healthy but because my mom had me when she was 18. My grandfather was 40 when I was born.

[Anonymous]

My grandmother had her first baby at 16 and her last at 40 (my mother) - while it may not have been common to START having babies in your late 30s and early 40s, women were still having their last babies at these ages if they had large families - my mom is the youngest of 12. She sadly passed away at 80, when I was six. My mother's father died when she was a kid (he drowned). My mother's oldest sisters had kids before she was born, so even with our grandmother only living until 80, some of her grandchildren were in their 30s.

My dad's parents were in their late 20s when he was born, and lived into their 90s - my grandfather died my senior of college, and my grandmother died when I was 27.

My parents were 33 and 37 when I was born, and I am almost 34, so any kids I have will have old grandparents. It's sad, but that's life sometimes.

[Anonymous]

It helps if you are a teenager when you have kids.

[Anonymous]

I'm 34 and still have both of my grandparents (I only ever had them- my dad is an orphan). I feel so extremely lucky. They are 88 and 86, my mom is 64, I'm 34, and my kids are 5 and 2. My grandma has hand made all of my daughters' barbie and american girl doll clothes just like she did for me, I bring them over there every other weekend and they play with my old toys. They still host every single holiday, but we all bring the food now.

[Anonymous]

Both of my grandmothers were able bodied into their 90s. Traveling solo, cooking, going for long walks and going to exercise classes, etc.

[Anonymous]

My mom recently passed at 90. (me: 62) She was fully able-bodied, active, pool-going until a month before she died. My 35ish kids are in disbelief. "She was healthier than most people I have known" is their continuing response. The great-grand-kids are in ES; it is tough on them. "Where is grandmomma?"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It helps if you are a teenager when you have kids.

+1. My cousin had a kid in high school and so did her son. She's 41 and a grandmother so definitely able-bodied. Not great life choices overall, but she's got that at least.

[Anonymous]

My mother-in-law is 82 and still hosts Xmas.

She got married young and has several grandkids in their 30s and great grandchildren

[Anonymous]

My brother is retired and him and his wife live in the same retirement complex in Florida as his wife’s parents. My brother is 64 his father in law 88