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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How old are you OP?  Do you have kids?  I started to think about this when I had kids around age 40.  I also always had a sense that you get one life to live even in my 20s and I accomplished some bucket list items very early on.  Tomorrow is promised to no one.  It's just that as you get older and have more life experiences and know more people you realize that yes that terrible thing can happen to you (death/disability/illness/death of a close person or friend etc).[/quote]

I'm 40 and yes, I've already had kids.  I guess I have a hard time imagining it because I've always been so future oriented, I can't imagine what it's like to be old and realize that I probably don't even have five years left.  I mean how do you deal with that? Just try not to think about it, or are people that age generally at the point where they feel ready to die because they feel like their time for being here has passed?[/quote]

If you are so future oriented and depressed about it you might need some help. If you are in your 60’s and 70’s and are in good health and have decent savings life can be a blast. Everyone dies, it’s just a matter of when. Remember to look both ways when you cross the street. [/quote]

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