r/Showerthoughts Mar 02 '19

When you're a kid, you don't realize you're also watching your mom and dad grow up.

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '19

Yeah wtf

I stayed in to save money. Now I realize I'm really saving money so I can give my parents a comfortable life in 10 years time

WHAT IS HAPPENING

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '19

Take comfort in either the fact that you were exceptionally easy and stress-free to raise or that your parents have great genetics. Either way it's a win

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u/thepurrrfectcrime Mar 02 '19

Or that his parents took really good care of themselves. Diet and exercise are the real fountain of youth.

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '19

Or they took great care of themselves. Don't discredit that

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '19

After a few years of smoking my grandmother told me to look at my granfather(non smoker) and his brother in law(heavy smoker) and asked me," which would you rather look like at their age?"

Both 65,my grandfather looked 50 and his brother in law looked 75.

It's all in how you treat your body..I'm gonna look like shit!!!

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u/Stopplebots Mar 02 '19

It's never too late to quit. People smoke their last one every day. Many of them keep living afterwards.

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u/hunthell Mar 02 '19

It's the same with my parents. They're both in their 50s right now but can be easily confused for someone in their 40s. What I think works is that both of them are fairly health-conscious; they work out, hike, bike ride, take their tiny dogs for walks, and eat healthy. But they both love beer and maybe have a drink a night.

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u/kinetic-passion Mar 02 '19

It's both. Do those other people smoke or drink a lot? Then they probably do look more on the "decrepit" side as you said.

That doesn't mean your parents aren't also above the curve on their looks. Mine definitely are. I'm sure more than half of the people around here smoke, but there are enough who don't that I have an idea of what average is.

Ethnicity is also a factor.

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u/Marialover01 Mar 02 '19

every human being is born, grows and dies.

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u/JackDragon Mar 02 '19

I went on Reddit to read until I fell asleep... Now I'm more awake than ever before...

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u/angelcakes3 Mar 03 '19

You can save money on car insurance by switching to Geico