President John Tyler grandson died

[Gundogday]

There was a thread about living memories , ie history don’t directly know through your grandparents. Can’t find it now, but thought this was of interest .

President John Tyler’s grandson has died.

www.independent.co.uk/news/white-house-president-university-of-virginia-union-b2760283.html

This makes my head hurt😂

It is indeed.

When my DGM died - the one whom I mentioned above - my DSis and I were both mid/late 40s. I remember thinking that I was there, well into middle-age, with my bones creaking, body aching, feeling old and worn out in general... but if you were to double my own age and then add on another decade, it still fell a few years short of her age!

On the flipside, though, she survived both of her children - one of them by 21 years and one by 70 years - which must have just crushed her for decades

Oh that must have been awful.

I still remember reading an anecdote in a magazine many years ago - iirc, it was 'Life's Like That' in Readers' Digest.

Some people organised regular meals and get-togethers for groups of senior folk in their community. There was one old chap who clearly thought that he looked young for his age and he enjoyed getting surprised responses when he told people how old he actually was.

Once, he was sitting next to an old lady who, unknown to him, must have looked extremely young for her age. They introduced themselves and got chatting and then, very soon, he came out with his usual "I'm 84, you know!" The woman responded sympathetically and rather took the wind out of his sails, saying "Oh, don't you worry about it, dear; that's no age, really - my daughter is older than you!"

It was - she never properly got over it. How could you, really?

Thanks so much for highlighting this news @Gundogday. I actually read all about Pres. John Tyler and his grandson very recently and was fascinated by it.

You couldn't really could you the thought of living without either of my kids for a prolonged period of time kills me