One really sad thing I&#x27;ve read about older people is what happens when their spouse dies.  According to studies, the way men and women handle this is very, very different.<p>For women, when their husband dies, it&#x27;s almost no big deal for most of them.  They just continue on with their social group, and they can live for <i>decades</i>.<p>For men, when their wife dies, they usually die very quickly after (and not usually by outright suicide either).