Did you expect to live this long?

What? I’m 35 and still waiting for life to start.

I expect to live a few more years. I very frequently envisage my future self. I can’t take life for granted, but I hope to become the future person I want to be.

No. My mother died at aged 43 and I seriously believed I wouldn’t live longer than that. My dad died at 63 – I sort of feel if I make it to there and beyond – it’s a bonus! I know these aren’t rational thoughts but I have read it’s fairly common for those who’ve lost parents/siblings at a younger age. There’s no reason to believe I will die young other than my family history.

When I was a kid I could not imagine living to be 20. Not because I was narcissistic and thought it was better to ‘die young,’ but because I was so depressed, I couldn’t see going on that long. I did not have the conceptual framework to understand that I was transsexual, so I could not envision myself ever becoming an adult.

Now I can see myself living to be 40 or 50… The major sources of depression are gone, but the diabetes has been doing its damage for 20 years. Or, ya know, I could die any day. Can’t forget that. I am grateful for each day I get to live in my new life.

Certainly. And I’m not through yet. I didn’t imagine how I’d be as an older person, but I definitely expected to be one. Nearly all the women in my family have had very long lives.

I expect to live forever – always did.

I’m a 70’s girl, I was an adventurous, experimental, high risk taking type. Here I still am, at 54, acid trips, cocaine, raging white water rafting expeditions, renegade horses, hippie farm chick, classy bohemian. My cup runneth over with life experience, and yes, I did expect to live this long, but sadly, as of late, I am outliving my money. Heh…the irony of life, and science wants us to live to be 120?

WTF…this is not a well thought out plan. lol
I am too tenacious to die, so far. Now…I have abused my heath some, but I am still full of life, energy and spirit, I just can’t get through a movie without falling asleep after a couple glasses of wine. haha

Well yeah, I’m only 15. I see myself loving for a long while more too. I’m a relatively healthy person so there’s not much reason I shouldn’t, but sometimes out of nowhere I’m struck with the realization that I could die any number of ways at any time and there would be nothing anybody could do about it. But that’s not very likely, so I see myself living into old age.

My mom died at 38 and until the day I outlived her I firmly believed I would not.

My Dad died when at 53. I am 4 years older than that now.
I agree with the old saying “If I knew I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of my teeth.”

I’m 21 and I didn’t think I’d be dead already. I certainly didn’t expect to come as close as I have, either!

Yes, I did expect to live this long. Honestly, I’d be very disappointed (and dead) if I hadn’t.

@LuckyGuy “I intend to live forever, so far, so good.” – Steven Wright

No, I’m cancer survivor from thirty years ago. Two guys in the ward with me ( same type of cancer ) didn’t make it to the end of that year.
Strike two both of my father’s parents died before they were 55, beat that by 12 years.
Was hospitalized four times before I was three with severe asthma attacks, oxygen tents and up to fifty injections a day..

I wanted to live until 2000 just to see what they’d call it. Was 2001 going to be twenty- aught one? 1903 was referred to as 19 aught 3 by my grandparents. I was kind of disappointed when it was just 2000 and 2 thousand two. etc. Now I can die anytime. I reached my goal as far as that goes. And I’ve had a much more interesting life than I ever imagined I would. Lots of adventures and good stories.

Most of the members of my family have lived to their 80’s and 90’s. I expect to hang on for at least another 30 years, the century mark, if not beyond.

When I am in a chronic state of suffering I want to die. I see no heroism in living until your bones are grinding, you can’t walk, can’t think, and if diapers are part of the scene…well…..no thanks. I hope to die while I am still healthy quite frankly. Okay…a short illness, not a car accident, to be clear. lol

Oh…and when watching TV becomes your life because of all of the above….talk about a fate worse than death, stuck in a recliner like a 93 year old I know whose entire world is TV and rubbing pain relief ointment on her knees and hips.

I’m barely 18. Honestly, for a while I didn’t think I’d make it this long. There was so much going on, and I was sure one of the druggies my mother had coming around would kill me. That was three or four years ago now, and I still sometimes expect them to show back up.
But I do hope to live for a really long time.

I’m 34. I have a feeling I will live for a very, very, long time.

Not at all. I was certain I’d die by the time I turned 32, though I’m not sure why that particular age stood out in my mind. I’d had several potentially deadly illnesses, and thought my abuser was going to murder me for a while, too. Quite happy to have been wrong, though! I’ve outlived my prediction by nearly 14 years, so far. <knocks on wood>

I promised myself as a kid that when I reach the age when it’s almost obligatory to wear beige, that’s when I wanna die.

@ucme I think if I live long enough to require wearing a wig, it will be a rainbow one. I want to be the crazy old lady with rainbow hair who randomly insults some people and beats youngsters for listening to lame pop music with her walking cain (which will either be rainbow, glittery, or bedazzled).

@cheebdragon You got it, i’m going to be the old bugger on the roller coaster waving my arms in the air who pisses in his pants because it’s all a bit much :D

@ucme, thank goodness that it turns out you never have to wear beige. Visual suffocation.

@ucme We can wear any color we want.

Not entirely sure what either of those mean, but hey…all responses are welcomed :)

The reason I go to the gym is because I expect to live well into my 90’s and I don’t want to be all hunched over with a walker when I do.

My birthday 5 June, age 42 then, twice 21. I always think I live long life, try be healthy.