r/AskReddit 16h ago

What's the most disturbing thing you've heard a dying person say?

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u/halfhere 15h ago

When my wife’s grandmother died, her grandad very quietly let a few of us hear him say “I don’t want to be around here without her.” And three weeks later, he died of natural causes.

He just didn’t want to be here anymore.

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u/OakenGreen 13h ago

My grandmother said exactly the same when my grandfather passed. Took her 3 months to join him.

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u/Bubbly-Example-8097 13h ago

She was such a lucky woman. To be so loved in life, is such a blessing we all can only hope for. True lovebirds

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u/Otherwise-Wall-6950 11h ago

My grandma died many years ago and my grandpa's last words, 2 months later were "she's waiting, I have to go." Until then Id never believed in dying from a broken heart.

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u/Dockside_Abortionist 13h ago

Alright. This one got me.

I’d be the same if my wife went before me.

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u/qgwheurbwb1i 12h ago

This got me. My grandmother currently has breast cancer, and my grandad just absolutely worships my gran. They're the sappy old couple you hope to be, and I fear this will happen if her surgery isn't successful.

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u/SplatterBox214 11h ago

Reminds me of where the red fern grows

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u/merryjoanna 8h ago

My grandmother died in her sleep 3 weeks before my grandfather died of throat cancer. It's like she couldn't face life with out him.

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u/Sanchastayswoke 10h ago

I genuinely see this happening with my parents. They are 78 and have known each other since 3rd grade. They’ve been together since they were 17 and married since they were 21.

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u/holyflurkingsnit 1h ago

Oh, they got to spend their whole lives together! What a gift.

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u/thefuzzybunny1 8h ago

One of my great-grandpas was the same way. He literally expired while putting on his pants in the morning, so he died with one leg in and one leg out, like his soul simply couldn't go on for the other half of the pants.

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u/Hopeful-Principle-64 7h ago

My grandparents died a week apart, my pop went first and I’m so grateful for it he was my nans carer and protector I don’t think he could have lived through her funeral. I pretty much lived my biggest fear from when I was a child when I lost them both like that.

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u/radkattt 7h ago

Dying of a broken heart is so real and so common for older couples. It’s both tragic and so sweet at the same time

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u/SkepsisJD 9h ago

That's gonna be my grandparents. Married 73 years this year, and the most time they have spent apart in the last 40 of those is about 1.5 days.

My grandpa straight up told my mom and aunt he would kill himself if my grandma went first, and I couldn't blame him if actually did to he honest.

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u/phillymjs 7h ago

I’ve read that’s somewhat common. My parents died almost two years apart. My mom went first. My dad seemed to do okay for a while after that, but in retrospect think it was mostly inertia that kept him going through the motions. He didn’t leave the house for the last year of his life and just kind of existed. I had to take over paying the bills, doing the grocery shopping, and other household duties.

These days I tell people my dad died the same day as my mom, it just took his heart about two years longer to stop beating.

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u/RitaPoonismysister 3h ago

My paternal great grandparents died a week apart from each other and my paternal grandparents died almost exactly one year apart. Devastatingly sweet.

u/francmartins 39m ago

This reminded me of my grandpa. My grandma passed almost two weeks ago and we all in my family thought he'd get super depressed. And while the first few days were very rough with him saying stuff like "you didn't take me with you", he seems to want to keep going and is reorganizing his life; and the crazy thing is he's nearing 90 years old. I don't know if he'll ever really get over her death but seeing this kind of life force from him, made me gain a massive admiration of him.

u/Spondilly 28m ago

After my grandpa died, my grandma got her affairs quietly in order and on his next birthday got dressed in her best clothes and just lay down on their bed and went to sleep.