How old does a person have to be for their death to not be so sad?

80+

75+

Whenever their policy endows.

if they are in constant pain and suffering from a condition that will never improve, such as Alzheimers, cancer, etc., and their death is actually merciful to individual and family

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How old does a person have to be for their death to not be so sad?

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I think about this a lot. I'd like a good 10 years after retirement.


Then again, I'm often amazed at the design of it all. That is, when you get to a certain age, you've seen it all and seems to be getting worse, so you're just ready to move on.

I feel like as long as they are ready it isn't as sad. My great grandmother is 99 and always talks about what she is gonna do when she is 100... She isn't ready to die yet. It would be very sad.

My grandmother died recently at 93, I was very sad to see her go but I don't think she really was that sad.
All my uncles came in town and we were all sad but it turned into just a big celebration and family get together. It must be nice for someone like her to know her death caused so many people to drop whatever they were doing and fly into LA

Depends on the relationship:

My grandfather just died at 90 and I've been really sad about it. We had a really good relationship and I can remember the best holidays (Christmas and summers) at their big ole house. Grandma is 87 and still ticking and I'll lose it when she goes. It will be the end of an era.

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You should consider everything after 50 as gravy.

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I hope that's a joke. I recently went to the funeral of a 53 year old and realized that was the absolute worst age to die. Too young to really have the money where your family is taken care of properly - many professionals are just coming into their earning years at 50 - and too old for your wife to re-marry without it being weird. Your kids are near college age, so it's the most expensive time of your life too.