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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not me personally, but a tale of two great aunts. Neither ever married. The older one died at 95 after working close to 60 years. She was notoriously frugal to the point of martyrdom. After a series of strokes in her early 90s, she went into an excellent private nursing home that she paid forentirely out of pocket. Within two years, she was dead. Her sister (13 mos younger) worked until 60 but always wore gorgeous clothes, threw great parties, and spent the last 30 years of her life traveling. She ended up in a publicly funded nursing home. It was just okay, but she died about two years later as well. [/quote]

Would you rather live it up and enjoy your 30s-60s or live well in your 80s-90s when you may not even be lucid any way?  There should be a balance but if I had to choose one or the other, I’d choose to be in the YOLO camp.[/quote]

Both were lucid until the end so I think the issue was 70+ years of sacrifice vs. pleasure. Living well in the private nursing home wasn’t much: a single room, a monthly visit by a hairdresser, and slightly nicer decor throughout the facility. [/quote]

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