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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A lot of these responses assume nothing bad will happen until some certain age. That's so far from sure, and it's arrogant (that may not be quite the right word, but it seems more willful than just naive) to think you will definitely be here and ready to travel at 70, 80, whatever.[/quote]

To add, without having read the book but having read lots of commentary about it, people tend to look at one risk -- not amassing enough money for many years of care, which can be "calculated" financially -- without balancing the other risks like dying early or becoming sick or disabled and not "living enough," whatever that looks like for you. [/quote]

Maybe the other posters' worst nightmare is realizing that, at 70 years old, that all they have are memories of being in Greece, but no money to pay the hospital to feed them through a tube. I am the opposite - I'd rather die knowing that I lived life than spending everything I have to cling on to a few more years of living in a dying body.[/quote]

Yes, if that's actually their worst nightmare, that's fine and I won't tell them differently. I think the point of the discussion is to make sure that's your true values and you're being realistic about what having tons of cash for the best care might cost you in non-monetary terms and not just assume more money is always the right answer.

It just seems to me like a lot of people try to control the future money piece because they're afraid to admit they can't control how long/healthy they will live.[/quote]

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