What do you Consider a Good Age to Live to?

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Cotta
Cotta Posts: 3,667 Forumite
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Hi All,

Obviously this question is subject to the person having good or at least reasonable health but what age would you be happy to reach?
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  • pumpkin89
    pumpkin89 Posts: 642 Forumite
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    Personally I'd say 90, though it may be a little ambitious. Life expectancy in our area is 86, and I guess nobody wants to be average!
  • gardner1
    gardner1 Posts: 3,154 Forumite
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    I always say reach 80 ands that's good......but every year after is a plus
  • thorsoak
    thorsoak Posts: 7,166 Forumite
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    Age 75, living alone, but with a friend who comes over at weekends, still working, still driving, enjoying holidays, enjoying my dogs and my family - I hope that this situation continues for many, many years, but I appreciate that things can change in the blinking of an eye - so I am "age-proofing" my home, my way of life and I am de-cluttering and leaving instructions for my family after my death - which I shall update every 10 years! :-D
  • Robin9
    Robin9 Posts: 12,127 Forumite
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    My MIL is 97 - at home, bedridden. Been a steady decline for 10 years and rapid in 2018.

    No thank you
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  • gabriel1980
    gabriel1980 Posts: 317 Forumite
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    40 is good for me!
  • badmemory
    badmemory Posts: 7,869 Forumite
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    Until someone notices I've got dementia or earlier if I become a lump watching TV all day!
  • ElefantEd
    ElefantEd Posts: 1,193 Forumite
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    Surely the important question is not how many years you live but what you do with the years you have?
  • Robin9
    Robin9 Posts: 12,127 Forumite
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    Was it Billy Connely who said on his 70th birthday - I would like to live another 40 years but can I have them now please.
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  • fibonarchie
    fibonarchie Posts: 975 Forumite
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    I'd want to live till a time when (lack of) quality of life dictates that I'd be better off dead. That can happen at any age, be it 0, 10, 30, 50, or 110!
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  • System
    System Posts: 178,102 Community Admin
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    When my health declines.
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