Would you want to know exact date and time of your death.....what about a loved ones death?

No. I do not want to know my death date nor the death date of a loved one.

It might be acceptable to know of a loved one’s time of death. But to know your own would cause too much anxiety. I would be happy to know only that I would die quickly and painlessly.

If I knew my mother in law’s expiration date, it might make things easier…

It sure would help out with a lot of ‘what ifs’ or major decisions one can get thrown into the deep end over. By actually knowing of your own, or those most loved demise would be stressful, but would releave a hellofalota horrid, rotten, heartbreaking midden one gets into.
It would take away the ‘contingencies’ that one must master when up against the unknown future. Perchance divert a disasterous ‘what if’ or two. And in some ways it be a relief. For some.
I dunno what I would prefer. Both have pluses and minuses.
Can you imagine being able to ascertain a person’s death as everyone you meet or see? What a terrible ‘gift’. What great Rod Sterling material!

No way. I don’t want to know when I will die or when my loved ones are going to go. Ignorance is bliss.

No, I already hate the thought of death. Not because I’m scared of what happens after, but because it’s the end. I don’t want to die and I don’t want the people I love to die. If I knew ahead of time, it would most likely cause severe anxiety and it’s the only thing I’d think about. I already dwell on it sometimes. Would not be good for me.

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Nope. Changes the whole dynamic of how we live. I prefer finding the joy of being present in each moment.

I want to know.

My parents had me when they were older, so I am aware that they will be gone sooner in my lifetime than my peers’ parents will in theirs. And we’ve got some stuff to work out yet… Knowing how much time we have would be helpful in that way. I’m afraid I won’t have enough.

Knowing my own death would, I feel, give me a sense of bounds for my life. Or maybe a sense of control. I like feeling in control, but often I don’t… it all feels rather nebulous and far away. But I also have these weird moments of walking along the sidewalk, thinking “you could trip and fall into traffic and that would be it.”

But I know I treat things differently when I know their expiration date. Had a job where I would be working with people for a year, then things changed and we were only working together for three months. I pulled way back, stopped trying to get to know them, because all I could see was having to say goodbye to them at the end.

I want to know, but maybe I shouldn’t know.

All my ex girlfriends had a best before date tattooed on the sole of their feet, not dead, just outlived their usefulness.

I don’t think I could handle knowing when I or a loved one would die. I shudder at the thought. That or knowing HOW I would die. I wouldn’t want to know that either.

I also had my sons in my 30’s and am just now realizing at 58
that I might not be around for grand babies and making memories
with my sons and their wives (when they do get married). Of course
I could have had them much earlier and still died without seeing
this so who knows. I have a grandmother that is 100 years young
and going strong so hopefully I get her genes. My best friend married
right out of high school and got pregnant and now her children she
had have had their children and one of THEM is pregnant so she has
got to see alot and tells me there is nothing better than being a grandmother!
BUT she never had her own apartment or dated anyone else so she was
always a little jealous of me and all the boyfriends I had!