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How long do you want live? 80, 90, 100?

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January 5, 2015
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Do you have a number in mind? Do you want to live to be 80, 90 or 100? How about 115 or 120?

Do you think it matters what your expectations are? I do. I think if you expect to live a long healthy life, your chances of doing so are greater.

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I'm already 86, and hope to continue to 100. Members of my family have survived well into their 90s with intact memories and pretty good health. I watch my diet and do things I enjoy: still drive(safely), see a few friends, read, knit, draw, write, cook, etc.

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I would like to live to be 90 . My parents were both 90 when they passed away . My grandfather was 93 . My brother just turned 87 . And I'm close to 70 . So hoping to reach 90 ,but only if sound mind .

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I want to live to be 100, and beyond infinity.

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Re: How long do you want live? 80, 90, 100?

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Impossible to say without knowing what my circumstances will be at any given age. If I'm relatively healthy, of sound mind, have sufficient financial resources, and the love of my life is still with me, then anything goes! 100 would be fine if all these conditions are met.

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Age is just a number, and in this case it isn't the salient piece of data.

I don't care if I'm 62: if I experience some event that 'preserves' my life via machines, I would rather be dead. If I will never again recognize the smell of an elk herd on the wind; if I will never again be able to identify wildflowers in my yard, let alone tell DH what is his favorite dish or the name of the street where he grew up; if I am a vegetable, I want to be tossed onto the compost pile.

That said, I am planning to live until my late 90s.

"The key to success is to keep growing in all areas of life - mental, emotional, spiritual, as well as physical." Julius Erving

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Babies born in the last few years have life expectancies of 120. I think I'll go into my coffin kicking and screaming--I don't want to die--I haven't lived a full life yet. There's a whole world I've yet to explore. I've spent all my young years married, and now that there's no kids to care for, and I'm still healthy, that world is beckoning to me. We don't have the option of knowing when the end will come, but I'd like to say I've really lived--like Auntie Mame!

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I am 70 and presently live in a retirement community Many residents here are well into their late 80's and many even into their 90's. We even have had a couple over 100! For myself, I have made friends with these people and when they have passed away, it is a sad time. I realize that, since my friends are older and will probably be gone long before I hit my 80's I am not sure I want to live that long. Longevity does not translate into happiness necessarily. If my relatives and friends are gone or I am in a condition that as I get older they just wheel me around in a wheelchair, I think 90 would be more than enough for me. I have lived a good life and maybe haven't had the experiences of some others, but it was enough for me.

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As long as I am able to get around, enjoy a cold beer, flirt with a woman, and enjoy life, bring it on.

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read michael gregor's "how not to die".

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As long as I have good health in mind, body, and soul.

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