How old long do you want to live for?
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Just interested in what people's views are on this subject.
If I could 'do a deal' with 'God' I'd pitch for 85 years old as I'd still be able to drive and hopefully have control of my mind and independence....hopefully.
A friend of mine said I drink too much (half a bottle of wine a night) which I don't think is excessive as it happens.....but say I 'what are you living for?' Pi**ing my pants in an BUPA care home and dribbling doesn't appeal?
I've seen all my grandparents live until their nineties and it was f***cing tragic seeing how they ended their days...truly heartbreaking.
Why do we want to live beyond the point where life is worth living and why is is promoted?
If I could 'do a deal' with 'God' I'd pitch for 85 years old as I'd still be able to drive and hopefully have control of my mind and independence....hopefully.
A friend of mine said I drink too much (half a bottle of wine a night) which I don't think is excessive as it happens.....but say I 'what are you living for?' Pi**ing my pants in an BUPA care home and dribbling doesn't appeal?
I've seen all my grandparents live until their nineties and it was f***cing tragic seeing how they ended their days...truly heartbreaking.
Why do we want to live beyond the point where life is worth living and why is is promoted?
I raised this sujbect because unless you have the means to be able to fund a private nursing home why are people so obsessed with living to a 'ripe old age'?
Would it not be better to live life to the full and then expire at 80, rather than living like a nun/monk and then end up like my last surviving grandparent (and the three before here) who everytime I see her says she wishes she was dead.
What is this obsession people have for wanting to live forever?
Would it not be better to live life to the full and then expire at 80, rather than living like a nun/monk and then end up like my last surviving grandparent (and the three before here) who everytime I see her says she wishes she was dead.
What is this obsession people have for wanting to live forever?
I think it's a lot to do with the selfish attitude of the families too. Most will fight to keep loved ones alive, even of they're being kept alive (and in pain) by machines and/ or drugs and won't hear of letting the sick person go.
Whilst of course this is the instinct, people need to realise the financial and emotional drain is not worth it in the long run.
This entirely theoretical on my part, we'll see how tough I am when/ if I'm forced to deal with these issues later on...
Whilst of course this is the instinct, people need to realise the financial and emotional drain is not worth it in the long run.
This entirely theoretical on my part, we'll see how tough I am when/ if I'm forced to deal with these issues later on...
My great uncle is 87, saw him a couple of months back. Fit as a fiddle and recently drove from Ontario to Florida in his new car (Chrysler Voyager IIRC) Actually when he was over with us he buggered off to Germany for a couple of days mid week.
He was still water skiing every year well into his 70's, can't hear a bloody thing mind you.
If I do half as well I'll be happy enough.
My better half works in a care home, dementia patients. I'd rather die than end up like that and it seems half of the families view their parents/grandparents as an annoyance, never mind the financial drain.
He was still water skiing every year well into his 70's, can't hear a bloody thing mind you.
If I do half as well I'll be happy enough.
My better half works in a care home, dementia patients. I'd rather die than end up like that and it seems half of the families view their parents/grandparents as an annoyance, never mind the financial drain.
I'd rather have the ability to decide when I want to go when I get there, if I said 85 now and then I'm still having a decent quality of life I'd be a bit miffed when god calls in his deal!
My maternal grandmother is 84 and very frail and almost housebound, my grandfather on the other had is 82, fit as a fiddle - he can still run! (well trot, I suppose) and was cycling well into his seventies.
My maternal grandmother is 84 and very frail and almost housebound, my grandfather on the other had is 82, fit as a fiddle - he can still run! (well trot, I suppose) and was cycling well into his seventies.
It's an interesting one and what you need to remeber is that the generation at 85 today would probably be long dead if they were the previous generation, by the time we're 85(almost 50 years for me) 85 will be the equivalent of 65 today, or we'll just simply be able to clone a new 20 year old body and get your brain transplanted in 
with the advances of the last 50 years who knows what there'll be in another 50.
John.
with the advances of the last 50 years who knows what there'll be in another 50.John.
Who wants to live forever...?
Seriously though, I don't care. As long as I have my faculties I'm fine.
I won't have kids, so no-one to care/look after me. Hopefully my oldies will be gone having lived a long and fulfilling life.
When I reach 105, I'll put down my Romeo y Julieta, Black Label and say sayonara
Job done!
Seriously though, I don't care. As long as I have my faculties I'm fine.
I won't have kids, so no-one to care/look after me. Hopefully my oldies will be gone having lived a long and fulfilling life.
When I reach 105, I'll put down my Romeo y Julieta, Black Label and say sayonara
Job done!
im going to live forever, or die trying 
in all seriousness, i was having this conversation with my mum at the weekend, my nan is getting on a bit now, and her parkinsons is starting to get really bad
i was saying id much rather die if i got to that age, where i cant really do anything for myself, and my brain becomes fried.
in all seriousness, i was having this conversation with my mum at the weekend, my nan is getting on a bit now, and her parkinsons is starting to get really bad
i was saying id much rather die if i got to that age, where i cant really do anything for myself, and my brain becomes fried.
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