Is it normal to plan on dieing at fourty?

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I dont know if it me but I do not think at 40 you should be worrying. My grandmother is over 60 and still alive. My parents are 50 and 40 and they already plan on dying. They always saying how they want to die and how they are going to die soon. My grandmother is over 60 and still ok. So are people suppose to die at 40? I did not think this was common or the norm. I also have a lot of family that lived till 90 and over. So why is this such a concern at 40?

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  • Avant-Garde
    11 years ago

    40 is still a young age. I can understand not wanting to live 60+. Who wants to have Alzheimer's Disease or see all the people they love die around them?!

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  • Ejay
    11 years ago

    I dont want to grow old. Age comes with lack of abilities and loss of memory, who would want that?

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  • Mando
    11 years ago

    Wow. This is so stupid.

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  • skesmizio
    11 years ago

    My grandpa and grandma died both at over 90 and they didn't want to die sooner.

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  • Energy
    11 years ago

    I hope you're joking or trolling.

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  • NothingxCrazy
    11 years ago

    At 40 your body hits a milestone. You're more susceptible to illness/disease, broken bones, and heart attacks. You have a greater chance of dying with every year you live. It's good to start making a will when you get middle aged because you never know what could happen. So planning to die in the future at the age of 40 may not be a bad thing.

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  • GoraIntoDesiGals
    10 years ago

    Depending on whether girls in their twenties really like older men or not I might kill myself at 40 too. I have a total fetish for girls in their 20s and can't imagine a life where it's impossible for me to attract the object of my desire.

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  • imadragon
    10 years ago

    I want to be an old person, but I don't want to live for too long.

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  • robbieforgotpw
    10 years ago

    *dying
    Forty

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    • peterr
      10 years ago

      Nobody told the retard how to spell. Maybe she can learn by forty. Glad you mentioned it.

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  • Avant-Garde
    11 years ago

    Don't be ridiculous. Modern medicine and ancient Asian herbal medicine has allowed people to live well into their 100's. In the Medieval Ages, the everything was so unhealthy and then there were plagues. Back then, 40 would probably be considered ancient.

    The 40's are by no means "old". I consider being 40 as still being young. Have you asked why your parent think they are going to die soon? If its because they are 40/50 then they are being melodramatic. However, if it's because of a health condition (that you are clearly unaware of), it perfectly understandable, depending on the condition, that they think they are going to die.

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  • redoctober
    11 years ago

    Yeah maybe in medieval Europe...

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  • Elli
    11 years ago

    You're not that even old at 40... life is fast, but slow.. :P take care :)

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  • Pheel
    11 years ago

    Stuff starts breakin at 40

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  • NorthernStar
    11 years ago

    What is "dieing" and what is "fourty"?

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  • NocturnePonyFan
    11 years ago

    It's probably not a normal thing, based on how much our society is into living life to the fullest and all that. Personally, I don't want to go past 28, but I have bipolar disorder and various other disorders, so it's a matter of just not wanting to deal with it anymore. I'd bet it's, well maybe not normal, but more...common (?) for really sick people whose diseases cannot be cured or treated, I guess (going from how a relative with AIDS thought about life) that people with life-threatening illnesses that cannot be cured wouldn't want to suffer too long. However, in regular society, among healthy people, I don't think it's probably a normal thing to not want to live past 40.

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  • [Old Memory]
    11 years ago

    Well, at like 35 or so our bodies peak in development and we slowly start deteriorating. From an evolutionary perspective, humans aren't designed to live into 40s, 50s and older. Everything starts to wind down. Maybe they dont want to be around for that. I'm 19, and I dont want to get older than 50, tops.

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    • thinkingaboutit
      11 years ago | pl

      if humans weren't designed to live past their forties, they wouldn't.

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    • imadragon
      10 years ago

      I don't see why your comment is so thumbed down..

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  • [Old Memory]
    11 years ago

    Two words- modern technology. Cancer, demintia, alzheimers, arthritis, deaths from ordinary illnesses like the cold and flu- these things practically dont exist before age 30. Just because it can happen does not mean its natural. Humans are not designed to live demented or paralyzed or as vegetables on life support. And yet our technology enables us to do so, for better or worse

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      11 years ago

      They do not have any of those.

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      • Justsomejerk
        11 years ago

        They should get some vegetables.

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      • [Old Memory]
        11 years ago

        Whatever. Point is, the biological peak of the human body is at about 35 years old. After that we pass our prime reproductive years so our bodies begin to shut down and we slowly get weaker as we age. This is a fact. Nobody can escape it, even though some people deteriorate more slowly and retain more of their strength than others. Maybe your parents feel like they have accomplished all they set out to do in life and they dont feel like riding the downward slope toward death.

        I'm not saying that you shouldn't feel insulted that they would rather die than see how much you succeed in life, but I do see where they are coming from.

        If you disagree then just keep voting me down, I dont care, I'm just telling you how it is.

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        • Anonymous Post Author
          11 years ago

          Yes and people live up to 60 without getting issues.

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          • ProseAthlete
            11 years ago

            Many people live far longer than that without significant issues. It may be true that biologically, we have fulfilled our purpose by age 45 or 50, but we aren't quite like other animals. Most other animals don't take more than a decade and a half or so to reach full physical and mental maturity. Similarly, no other animal benefits from the knowledge in multiple previous generations.

            When I was 15, I never thought I'd see 30. When I was 30, I couldn't imagine being 40. I'm 43 now, and I truly don't feel any different than I did when I was 15, aside from being much happier and better-adjusted. If your parents are worrying about it all the time, ask them what has them so concerned. Maybe they know a lot of people who've died recently, and it's been on their minds. Maybe they're thinking about taking better care of themselves.

            I agree with you that 40 is way too young to dwell on death.

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