# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-your-parents-still-alive/596440/21 "2011-09-15T23:20:05Z")
Mom died in 1999, Her mom died in 1963, her dad in 1978. Dad passed in 2005, his mom in 1969, his dad sometime before I was born. I’m 51. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-your-parents-still-alive/596440/22 "2011-09-15T23:22:08Z")
I’m 47. My mother is alive, and is 76. My father died in 2007, aged 79. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-your-parents-still-alive/596440/23 "2011-09-15T23:23:35Z")
My mother died when I was 32, and my father the following year. Mom was 70 and Dad was 73. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-your-parents-still-alive/596440/24 "2011-09-15T23:24:41Z")
1. Mom and stepdad are still around. Dad passed away last month. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-your-parents-still-alive/596440/25 "2011-09-16T00:06:57Z")
1. Both of my parents are living. But they were only 20 and a half and just-turned-27 (literally the day before) when I was born, so I think that’s to be expected. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-your-parents-still-alive/596440/26 "2011-09-16T00:09:51Z")
1. We lost Daddy in March of last year. ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-your-parents-still-alive/596440/27 "2011-09-16T00:17:47Z")
I’m 29 and my father is still alive. My mother died in 2008. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-your-parents-still-alive/596440/28 "2011-09-16T00:19:33Z")
I’m forty. My father died years ago. My mother died on Wednesday which is why I haven’t posted since then. Her estate is a mess and she was a hoarder. There has barely been time to process that she is gone, there is just so much to do. She had just turned sixty nine. Sent with my fat fingers using Tapatalk. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-your-parents-still-alive/596440/29 "2011-09-16T00:23:11Z")
Biological mom - alive, as far as I know Biological dad - dead Adopted mom - dead Adopted dad - alive I’m 35. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-your-parents-still-alive/596440/30 "2011-09-16T00:31:34Z")
I’m 49. My parents are both still alive, though retired many years ago. My dad turns 80 later this year and is still very active, though he is just starting to slow down. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-your-parents-still-alive/596440/31 "2011-09-16T00:34:38Z")
1. Lost my father to stomach cancer 21 years ago. He was 64. My mother has been in Intensive care for the past three weeks, with legionella. They gave her a trach to attach the ventillator last Wednesday. At 75, any pneumonia is serious. Just found out she has picked up MRSA while in there. I may need to change my poll answer soon. ---
**Author:** ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-your-parents-still-alive/596440/32 "2011-09-16T00:35:53Z")
Both parents are still alive. Dad will be 77 come December and is still pretty active. (Although he’s starting to show early signs of Alzheimer’s.) Mom turned 73 in July, and is still very active. I’ll be 51, come early October. I’m the oldest of four boys, brother #2 passed away in '96. (He was 16 months younger than me.) #3 is 46 and still alive. #4 (the youngest) is 42 and still alive. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-your-parents-still-alive/596440/33 "2011-09-16T00:43:05Z")
Both still alive at 74 and 72, and both reasonably active and healthy. I’m 54, the oldest of nine. Given our family medical history, my parent’s lack of vices, and my non-lack of vices, I expect both of them to outlive me. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-your-parents-still-alive/596440/34 "2011-09-16T00:44:14Z")
I’m 46. Both of my parents are still alive: - My father will be 78 in a couple of months. He’s slowing down a bit, and I see some early signs of mental impairment (and he had a mild stroke earlier this year), but he’s in far better shape than his friends who are around his age, many of whom are in wheelchairs or assisted-living facilities. He’s been retired for about 7 years (he had been a professor with the University of Wisconsin Extension), but now works part-time as a driver for a medical van (taking people 20 years his junior to kidney dialysis). - My mother is 71. She’s had health issues over the years (cancer, Lyme disease, arthritis), but is still very sharp, and still works close to full time, at a department store. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-your-parents-still-alive/596440/35 "2011-09-16T00:55:59Z")
Both died some years ago; first my mother, then my father. ---
**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-your-parents-still-alive/596440/36 "2011-09-16T00:56:59Z")
I’m 50. Dad was 37 and Mom was 23 when I was born. Dad died at 71. G’parents died at ~81, 85-ish, ~92, and ~103 years old. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-your-parents-still-alive/596440/37 "2011-09-16T01:05:27Z")
My daddy died just a few weeks before I turned 40 (2 yrs ago). He was 69. Cancer. My mom is 65 and doing great. ---
**Author:** ![JoThrive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@JoThrive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoThrive)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-your-parents-still-alive/596440/38 "2011-09-16T01:15:18Z")
My dad died at the age of 51. My mother died at the age of 83. I’m 85 and have lived longer than either of them lived. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-your-parents-still-alive/596440/39 "2011-09-16T01:16:19Z")
I’m 57 (at least for a few more weeks). My father died almost 20 years ago. I can’t believe how quickly the time has gone. Mum died in 1997. Both were in their sixties, so I reckon I should start partying now while I’ve still got time. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-your-parents-still-alive/596440/40 "2011-09-16T01:52:41Z")
> [@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. I was born when Mom was 40 and Dad was two months shy of his 43rd. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-your-parents-still-alive/596440.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-your-parents-still-alive/596440.md?page=3)