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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These replies are bonkers to me. My father and mother are 82 and 78, respectively. They’re down in Mexico, where they go every winter for 6-8 weeks, and are living it up with a bunch of similarly aged friends—snorkeling, sunning, enjoying the seafood and drinks. They usually go on another international trip once a year as well. They cook, garden, work out, are involved in book and film clubs, and frankly make this stage of life look amazing. And they are not outliers. [b]People live a long time these days, [/b]and many of them are in great health. Writing yourself off in your mid-50s is just giving up. [/quote]

...except for all the people we know with cancer in their 40s and 50s.

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Most people don’t have cancer in their 40s and 50s. The idea that OP should prepare for imminent death is bizarre. Average life expectancy for a woman in the US is like 78.[/quote]

Average. There are those below average and those above. She is watching someone who is unlikely to get anywhere near average and realizing 78 is not attainable for all.[/quote]

Sure, but she is basically asking us if she should prepare to die soon and many people are saying yes! Yes, make a will, have an advance directive, but the notion that she will not live to see her 60s is glass half empty in the extreme. [/quote]

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