Death and Dying: If you could chose the age and why...
By bigpneggrey
@bigpneggrey (7)
United States
December 26, 2006 8:41am CST
I proudly announce that I do NOT want to live to be 100!
Even with all the medical advancements and technological changes happening within my lifetime, I have no desire to live beyond 75. I figure if I haven't saw and done everything I've wanted to by the time I'm 75, it's my own fault. Besides, I don't think I'd want to be an old-old person in today's society, let alone 27 years from now. Nope, 75 is old enough for me.
I've been telling my family and friends for years that I will die when I'm 75. They laugh and say "What are you going to do? Kill yourself?" I look at them seriously and say "Nope, I'm just going to go to sleep one night and that will be it." Nice, easy and peacefully. Then I get the look - ahuh, okay.
Won't they be surprised come 2034...
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@cpamanda (693)
• United States
28 Dec 06
I am only 32, so the thought of dieing scares me royally. I have 3 failing grandparents now, 89, 87 and 85. It is hard to see what is happening to them. I guess part of me would want to save my family this sorrow, but part of me would want to spend as much time with them as possible. I guess since they are all mid to late 80s there are some good genes in my blood, so a long life might be in my future.
