# Are your parents still alive? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 15, 2011, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-your-parents-still-alive/596440 "2011-09-15T21:39:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-your-parents-still-alive/596440/1 "2011-09-15T21:39:49Z")
Just curious. I’m 31 and my mom still is. Dad died about ten years ago, though. To be fair, though, he was already forty-three years old when I was born, I’d say that was a bit older than average for a new father. ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-your-parents-still-alive/596440/2 "2011-09-15T21:41:45Z")
1. Both of my parents are very much still alive, and working. My parents were in their late 20’s when I was born. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-your-parents-still-alive/596440/3 "2011-09-15T21:42:09Z")
My biological father died in the 60s at from acute alcoholism an early age. Never knew him, don’t give a shit. My stepfather died in about 1986 and my mother died in about 1991. I’m 64. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-your-parents-still-alive/596440/4 "2011-09-15T21:42:24Z")
My dad died before I was born and my mom when I was six. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-your-parents-still-alive/596440/5 "2011-09-15T22:04:18Z")
My mom died when I was 23 and my dad four years later. All my grandparents were dead by then, too. The clock must be ticking quickly for me! We are not a long-lived family. ---
**Author:** ![SeldomSeen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@SeldomSeen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeldomSeen)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-your-parents-still-alive/596440/6 "2011-09-15T22:06:10Z")
I’m 50. My father died a few weeks before I was born (trying to launch an overloaded underpowered airplane from a back country airstrip…some trees got in the way. A flamboyant and heroic end, but not very smart). Mom & stepdad are still around, in their mid-eighties. SS ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-your-parents-still-alive/596440/7 "2011-09-15T22:09:13Z")
My parents are both alive. My sister and I are in our forties. Our parents were the youngest parents in each of our school classes. They both turn 66 this year. ---
**Author:** ![Silophant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Silophant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silophant)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-your-parents-still-alive/596440/8 "2011-09-15T22:11:10Z")
They’re both still alive, but I’m their oldest child, and I’m only twenty. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-your-parents-still-alive/596440/9 "2011-09-15T22:13:37Z")
My mother died when I was 4 and a half. My dad is still alive but he is bedridden. One lung and one leg removed. He’s only 65. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-your-parents-still-alive/596440/10 "2011-09-15T22:21:59Z")
My parents were both 20 when I was born. They’re both alive, working, etc. I’m 39. ---
**Author:** ![Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-your-parents-still-alive/596440/11 "2011-09-15T22:22:42Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > Just curious. > > I’m 31 and my mom still is. > > Dad died about ten years ago, though. To be fair, though, he was already forty-three years old when I was born, I’d say that was a bit older than average for a new father. Hmm my father was 39 when I was born and he’s still going at 92. It’s the luck of the draw really. ---
**Author:** ![Marconi\_N.Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Marconi\_N.Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marconi_N.Cheese)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-your-parents-still-alive/596440/12 "2011-09-15T22:27:25Z")
I lost my Dad in 1997. My Mom is still alive, in her 80’s and going strong. I’ll be 58 in Dec. ---
**Author:** ![rekkah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee59a6/32.png) [@rekkah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rekkah)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-your-parents-still-alive/596440/13 "2011-09-15T22:35:43Z")
I’m 31, both still alive in their mid-sixties, though Dad has just been diagnosed with a not very treatable form of lymphoma that has a median survival time of 5 years. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-your-parents-still-alive/596440/14 "2011-09-15T22:38:38Z")
I’m 46. Both my parents are alive. They married young and have held up well. My mom is now 64 and my dad is 67, but you’d swear they were at least 10 or 15 years younger than that. My dad’s the kind of guy who gets bored and decides to chainsaw down some trees for fun. Since he’s retired he’s turned his back yard into one ongoing project. They had a pool put in, but he did all the accessories … the pool house, the rock wall, the brick deck, the solar heater … just got bored and built it. And my mom is a firecracker. She’s taken up golf in just the last few years because, that’s what you do when you’re retired. She’s an amazing cook, and I think she really digs it when me and the kids and my sister and the whole crew visits so she can play a big room. They aren’t your typical old fogies. You’ll find no stuck together ribbon-candy, crocheted toaster cozies or davenport doilies at their house. ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-your-parents-still-alive/596440/15 "2011-09-15T22:38:43Z")
I’m 64. My father died last year at 88. Mom had her 87th birthday yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![chizzuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-your-parents-still-alive/596440/16 "2011-09-15T22:43:55Z")
I’m 23 (24 in 3 weeks). My dad is 60 and my mom will be 61 in a couple of weeks. They are both still working and going strong. I have one living grandparent left. Paternal grandmother died in 1995, maternal grandmother in 2007, maternal grandfather in 2009. My dad’s father is still alive and in OK shape. ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-your-parents-still-alive/596440/17 "2011-09-15T22:43:56Z")
I’m 26. Parents are both alive and only in their early 50s. Although my dad almost died at least 3 times when he was 42 (massive brain hemorrhage, severe brain damage, subsequent coma and infections) and is a medical miracle. 11 years later, he’s doing well and will probably be around for many more years. My mom’s family lives forever - both her parents are still alive, they are 89 and 99 I think… ETA: My boyfriend is now the same age my dad was when his brain exploded, and we are planning on having at least one kid in the next couple years. His dad had all his kids in his 40s, and died two years ago at age 85 with no previous health problems. Life can be a crapshoot. ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-your-parents-still-alive/596440/18 "2011-09-15T22:50:42Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > I’m 46. Both my parents are alive. They married young and have held up well. My mom is now 64 and my dad is 67, but you’d swear they were at least 10 or 15 years younger than that. > > My dad’s the kind of guy who gets bored and decides to chainsaw down some trees for fun. Since he’s retired he’s turned his back yard into one ongoing project. They had a pool put in, but he did all the accessories … the pool house, the rock wall, the brick deck, the solar heater … just got bored and built it. > > And my mom is a firecracker. She’s taken up golf in just the last few years because, that’s what you do when you’re retired. She’s an amazing cook, and I think she really digs it when me and the kids and my sister and the whole crew visits so she can play a big room. > > They aren’t your typical old fogies. You’ll find no stuck together ribbon-candy, crocheted toaster cozies or davenport doilies at their house. Change some of the projects and this could be my parents. Creating a water fall and water wheel for Dad, advanced yoga for Mum. Celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary in December. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-your-parents-still-alive/596440/19 "2011-09-15T23:03:27Z")
My dad died 9 years ago, 2 months after their 50th anniversary. ☹ Mom is still going strong, tho. She’s pretty impressive at 77. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-your-parents-still-alive/596440/20 "2011-09-15T23:17:22Z")
I’m 62, my mother died at the age of 78 about 8 years ago, and my father died at the age of 87 about 2 years ago. My sister and I both expect to live to a healthy 100. Roddy [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-your-parents-still-alive/596440.md?page=2)