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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP —you’re in your 30s, you said. When you’re in your 50s, and some friends have died and others are dealing with health conditions, and your own body starts failing in various ways, you will no longer feel that you need to plan for living past 100. You’ll be hoping to make it to 80 in relatively good health.[/quote] Most of the people I know in their 50s and 60s are pretty healthy with no real concerns. I don't know anyone who has died (except by a car accident or whatever) and I'm in my 50s and don't really feel any aging effects yet. I think of what you're talking about as how you might feel in your 70s and 80s. My parents are in their 80s and still going strong--though they have a couple of health concerns. My grandparents passed away in their late 90s. So I think this really varies person to person/social circle to social circle. My parents are definitely planning to live to 100--and given that their parents all made it well into their 90s it doesn't seem too unlikely.[/quote] If you are in your 50s and you don’t know anyone who has died, count yourself lucky. I am 56. High school friend died of brain cancer at 55. High school acquaintance died of an asthma attack in his 30s. College friend keeled over and died of a heart attack at 27 while running a half marathon. And i know plenty of people who have started taking blood pressure and cholesterol medication in their 50s even though their lifestyle hasn’t changed and they were healthy up until now. The body breaks down as we get older.[/quote]
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