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pipi_k

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4. My ex went that way

Tue Jun 5, 2012, 07:05 PM

Jun 2012

well, not actually during sex, but close enough.

He and his wife had gone out bowling, then stopped for pizza.

They went home and got it on.

She got up to use the bathroom and heard some funny noises from the bedroom, thought he was joking around, realized he was not.

Massive heart attack. He was probably already dead by time the EMTs got there

Just 3 months shy of his 53rd birthday.

He was luckier than my second husband, though, who lingered in horrible pain, wasting away from oral cancer that spread into his head and neck. Two miserable years. Died at 49.

If you got a choice, the first one is way better.

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What do you want to die from? [View all] panader0 Jun 2012 OP

Strokes would be the desired route, if they were always massive hlthe2b Jun 2012 #1

Sex - come and go at the same time. HopeHoops Jun 2012 #2

My ex went that way pipi_k Jun 2012 #4

I'm 49. I'll take door number 1. HopeHoops Jun 2012 #5

Yes, I just want to die happy. crunch60 Jun 2012 #44

I know what's (prob) gonna get me, so I've got to live fast before it catches me NightWatcher Jun 2012 #3

With a one year old daughter, I hope you have many years ahead of you. panader0 Jun 2012 #8

thanks, I should. my dad's lived with a milder form for 25+ years NightWatcher Jun 2012 #10

Quietly and peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather HarveyDarkey Jun 2012 #6

LOL, always gotta be one... DiverDave Jun 2012 #48

Lung cancer will probably get me. RebelOne Jun 2012 #7

Being smothered by kittens! Arugula Latte Jun 2012 #9

A love pile! lunatica Jun 2012 #11

You win!! panader0 Jun 2012 #12

The detective writer Dorothy Sayers had an interesting take on that. dimbear Jun 2012 #45

That's how I wanna go. geardaddy Jun 2012 #55

One of the characters in "Catch 22" died that way, smothered by a cat. kwassa Jun 2012 #56

Quickly. Myrina Jun 2012 #13

I'll go with Arthur Jarritt's choice baldguy Jun 2012 #14

Boredom trof Jun 2012 #15

You haven't been to a doctor in 25 years? El Supremo Jun 2012 #16

You probably like those prostate exams panader0 Jun 2012 #17

No health insurance either? El Supremo Jun 2012 #22

Who are you to judge? Bertha Venation Jun 2012 #26

If this guy wants to die early, then who am I? El Supremo Jun 2012 #28

If you don't care if he dies early, why go through this exercise? Bertha Venation Jun 2012 #51

Because treatable cancers can be detected early Major Nikon Jun 2012 #34

why so harsh? Sanity Claws Jun 2012 #33

that is pretty harsh Kali Jun 2012 #52

I want to die like a Phoenix Baitball Blogger Jun 2012 #18

I'm fascinated by the way Payne Stewart went out - flying into oblivion riderinthestorm Jun 2012 #19

A doctor friend of mine said he wanted to have... cyberswede Jun 2012 #20

That's somewhat like a pulmonary embolism. (Blood clots in lungs) Manifestor_of_Light Jun 2012 #23

no you don't NJCher Jun 2012 #25

I agree... cyberswede Jun 2012 #35

I know how I won't go. I will not suffer through a terminal condition. Cronkite Jun 2012 #21

My sister would do the same. Bertha Venation Jun 2012 #27

I only know how I don't want to go. I'm terrified of Bertha Venation Jun 2012 #24

In my sleep like Grandpa, not screaming like his passengers. Ptah Jun 2012 #29

My granny Wabbajack_ Jun 2012 #30

happyness deaniac21 Jun 2012 #31

I want to die laughing Sanity Claws Jun 2012 #32

"E ecky thump." Iggo Jun 2012 #37

With unions getting crushed, I'm going to die of starvation. n/t DebJ Jun 2012 #36

JFK said "you never know what's hit you. a gunshot is the perfect way." orleans Jun 2012 #38

I don't really care, as long as it's front-page-above-the-fold on the next morning petronius Jun 2012 #39

Post removed Post removed Jun 2012 #40

Death. I'm guaranteed to get my wish. pa28 Jun 2012 #41

Happiness! southerncrone Jun 2012 #42

Anything, I suppose, as long as I'm old when it happens.... n/t AllenVanAllen Jun 2012 #43

No Dr. in 25 yrs., that's why your still here. Keep up the excellent record. Don't worry about your crunch60 Jun 2012 #46

Heat death of the universe. joshcryer Jun 2012 #47

My Mom's husband fell asleep DiverDave Jun 2012 #49

People remember to have your wishes known to people you love if you don't want mucifer Jun 2012 #50

you can make yr wishes known all you want, they won't honor them pitohui Jun 2012 #63

Carbon monoxide. The way I've decided to go when I get too old sinkingfeeling Jun 2012 #53

Crushed by a runaway tractor-trailer driven by The Incredible Hulk. mikeytherat Jun 2012 #54

Massive Opium OD Taverner Jun 2012 #57

Universal entropy. Liberal Veteran Jun 2012 #58

Pleasure n/t solara Jun 2012 #59

I would like to die when all the air in the room ... surrealAmerican Jun 2012 #60

Plane crash RFKHumphreyObama Jun 2012 #61

Bizarre hopscotch accident. MrSlayer Jun 2012 #62

Miscalculated black hole experiment. n/t bluedigger Jun 2012 #64