How long will you live (confronting yourm mortality) (deal)

[earthlyfather]

Until I leave this life. Did not participate in poll, as that would violate live while you can orientation.

[RiverBird]

Just hafta say on one of these retirement threads,

Happy Birthday, Betty!

Betty White (my hero/ine), turns 90 today, January 17. What's in her water??


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[Ol' Wanderer]

Originally Posted by newenglandgirl

Betty White (my hero/ine), turns 90 today, January 17. What's in her water??

She laughs. She cries. She does not hold back on her emotions. She pokes at others and she makes fun of herself. She speaks her mind, but she is without malice.

Her water is unclouded and unencumbered.

[marcopolo]

I plan on living all the way up until a few days before my funeral.

[yellowsnow]

You can guess but you never know! My best guess is maybe 85 or so. I say that because my mom lived to be 84 and both my grandmothers were alive into their 90's.

My H just died a couple weeks ago at the too young age of 61. His father and grandfather both made it longer than he did. A month ago, my H would have said he was going to live to 72. For some reason he always thought that was his number.

[LarsMac]

All I know is that when I go, I want it to be peacefully, in my sleep, like my Grampa,

Not screaming in terror, like his passengers.

[julian17033]

To the OP; You didn't have a 45 to 50 option on your poll.

I'm 45 and despite exercise and diet my overall health isn't the best.
My father died of cancer at 49.
My sister died of cancer at 44.
My other sister contracted breast cancer at 42 and survived (thus far).

I expect to live into my early fifties then it's on to other planes of existence.

[mountainrose]

Originally Posted by LarsMac

All I know is that when I go, I want it to be peacefully, in my sleep, like my Grampa,

Not screaming in terror, like his passengers.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ lol

[htlong]

my mother died at 57, my father at 69 both of heart problem, at 56 my brother had a quintuple bypass I thought I was doomed by genetics.

but i remember 3 out of 4 grandparents lived well into their 80's ,this made me realize that it wasn't genetics but a lifestyle my parents lived.

I chose to stop eating so much grease and salty foods and I took up riding a bicycle 5-10 miles a day.

my heart is strong but rheumatoid arthritis and diabetes keep me from being as active as I would like to be.

I am over 60 and pedaling-my arse all over town

[zugor]

My humorous answer:

I spent nearly 28 years earning my pension and I hope to collect it for twice as many. That would take me to 114. I then want to die in my own bed by being shot in the back (never even see it coming) by the jealous lover of the 20 year old who is with me.

Of course the 20 year old will only be my caregiver, not my paramour and the jealous lover simply a bad shot.

Tommy M of Car Talk likes to say: I plan to live forever. So far, so good.

My mom made it to just 56, so I've surpassed her by 7 years already. My father 80 but I was not in contact with him and have no idea what his health was like the last ten or so years of his life. All my grandparents, born in Sweden and Ireland, were gone before I was born and I no almost nothing about them.

At 62 I have no significant health issues, only a decrease in energy and stamina from what I had in my younger days and recovery from a pulled muscle and other small things seems to take longer nowadays.