Why do deaths come in 3s?

[budbeerlady]

I always wondered that, why does death seem to happen in 3's?

We just lost an old friend yesterday. 2 weeks ago a co-workers brother and 3 weeks ago my bosses son. So why is it always seem to be 3?

I have always wondered that, and I know in our family once 1 person passes we all hold our breath wondering who numbers 2 and 3 will be. I wonder if there is a time constraint, this was the past 4 weeks. But I lost 3 of my grandparents in 6 weeks a few years back. So what is your thoughts?

 

[jama]

Statistically things happen in 3's.... you would think things would happen spread out and random but there is actually some statistical formula that says things are statistically bound to happen in 3's....
When I worked L&D bad outcomes always came in groups of 3's also...

 

[Thats_for_Shore]

It's weird, but it seems to be true.

Sorry for the losses you've had to go through recently.

 

[chris1gill]

I've had two in less than a month, waiting for one more since you are right, they seem to come in three's...

 

[dcgrumpy]

I never understood the whole 'death comes in 3s' thing. People just stop counting once they get to 3. Three in how long a period of time? A week, a month, 2 months.........? You could really use any number.

 

[Bob Slydell]

I never understood the whole 'death comes in 3s' thing. People just stop counting once they get to 3. Three in how long a period of time? A week, a month, 2 months.........? You could really use any number.

Sorry for your loss, but if you expand your timeframe and frame of reference (in terms of the relationship with the person) you can come up with any number, not just three.

 

[Art Vandalay]

Anything that happens repeatedly happens in 3s if you look for it to do so.

 

[RealMickeysGirl]

Lately it has been in more than 3's for me.

March 18th a co-worker died.
The next week an co-worker's father died.
The week after a co-worker's mother died.
Last Sunday my best friend from high school called me to tell me that a mutual friend of ours from high school had lost her 17 year old son in a car wreck - he would have been 18 on the 12th.
Monday I got the message that one of the older ladies in my sorority had lost her husband to lung cancer.
That night my mom told me that a good friend of my dad's lost his oldest son to suicide.
Then last night my husband tells me that the mother of one of his friends has died.

That is 7 people in less than a month.

 

[Duckfan-in-Chicago]

Anything that happens repeatedly happens in 3s if you look for it to do so.

Most threads I start end at 2 posts. That's happened at least three ti...hey!

 

[Allison]

Sorry for your loss, but if you expand your timeframe and frame of reference (in terms of the relationship with the person) you can come up with any number, not just three.

I agree.

 

[piglet too]

Sorry for your loss.

The way I look at it is "six degrees of separation."

 

[RealMickeysGirl]

Most threads I start end at 2 posts. That's happened at least three ti...hey!

I seem to be quite the thread killer myself. I go back and either I am the last one or on the last page. Guess I keep getting in on the tail end of conversations.

 

[JoeEpcotRocks]

I always wondered that, why does death seem to happen in 3's?

We just lost an old friend yesterday. 2 weeks ago a co-workers brother and 3 weeks ago my bosses son. So why is it always seem to be 3?

I have always wondered that, and I know in our family once 1 person passes we all hold our breath wondering who numbers 2 and 3 will be. I wonder if there is a time constraint, this was the past 4 weeks. But I lost 3 of my grandparents in 6 weeks a few years back. So what is your thoughts?

It's a myth. I take no stock in it.