Week 15 Post 2

While reading Chapter 25, I really enjoyed learning about the long-term partnerships between elderly people. I think one of the main reasons why I liked learning about this, was because in previous chapters Berger (2010) discussed the relationships between people whereas this is a partnership. In my opinion, I believe that this is known as a partnership because the elderly couple has been together for so long and is truly willing to help each other as they both enter into old age. I never realized this but elderly married couples are often wealthier, healthier, and happier than the elderly who are divorced. I feel like they are wealthier because they both have each other’s money to help support them. Therefore, they are healthier because they can afford doctor visits and different medicines that they may need. Their mental health may also be healthy just like their physical health because they have each other to talk to as well as remember each other of things. Overall, I feel like being both wealthy and healthy would definitely make an elderly couple happy, especially since they have each other. Fortunately for me, I have had the opportunity to watch my grandparents enter old age together. In my opinion, it is one of the sweetest things to watch because they truly do care about each other. They both encourage and challenge each other to continue doing stuff like play games such as Scrabble and Banana Grams to stimulate their memory. They also do puzzles to help their minds sharp. I can only hope that someday I too have as strong as a partnership with someone, as my grandparents have with each other.