I think it's perfectly normal to start thinking about death, especially as we get a bit older.

I've had a "thing" about death since I was a kid; hated the very idea, gave me the heebyjeebies.

DP is not afraid of death at all and his view is "well, that's part of the deal when you're born." In essence, what he's saying is without death, we don't have a life. And I kind of like that simplicity of approach.

I don't know what happens when we dies; I find religion and the idea of an afterlife very comforting but I'm yet to be convinced. But, I do also find the idea that we live on in the memories of our children/friends very comforting too.

Infact, when I had DD I had a very spiritual moment when she fell asleep in my arms when she was a few weeks old thinking, "well, you know what, I'm less scared of death now because I will live on in her."