# How long will YOU live? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 17, 2003, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-will-you-live/202119 "2003-09-17T13:08:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sylkyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Sylkyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylkyn)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-will-you-live/202119/21 "2003-09-17T17:29:00Z")
Says I’ll be 74 when I kick the ol’ bucket. Maybe by then I’ll have at least won the lottery so I won’t have to rely on social security. I’d rather drop dead having a blast than counting nickels for my next trip to the doctor. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-will-you-live/202119/22 "2003-09-17T17:42:03Z")
1. So far, so good. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-will-you-live/202119/23 "2003-09-17T17:45:48Z")
1. 30-odd lonely years ahead of me. Why am I not celebrating? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![FreeRange\_Maniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/97f17d/32.png) [@FreeRange\_Maniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FreeRange_Maniac)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-will-you-live/202119/24 "2003-09-17T17:47:59Z")
1. I alway said I would have to work right through retirement. Well, now I won’t have to! ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-will-you-live/202119/25 "2003-09-17T18:05:00Z")
1. Barring disease, accidents, or suicide, I could easily reach or exceed that age, since I don’t smoke, I drink alcohol in moderation, and I lift weights and do cardio regularly. In addition, people in my mother’s family tend to last until their 90s, so I have genetics working for me as well. On the other hand, who wants to be old? Longevity isn’t worth a nickel if I have to cross the finish line on a walker. ---
**Author:** ![Smashed\_Ice\_Cream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Smashed\_Ice\_Cream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smashed_Ice_Cream)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-will-you-live/202119/26 "2003-09-17T18:06:10Z")
I’m outlivin’ ya ALL. It told me I’ll live to 101 (really.) I have 20 more years to make it to the HALFWAY point. All of a sudden I feel really, really young again. Honestly, I wouldn’t be surprised if I do, as most of the women on my mother’s side of the family live into their 100’s. I’m 30 and have a living great-grandmother (she’s 106 IIRC) [Here’s](http://channels.netscape.com/ns/atplay/content.jsp?file=lifeexpectancy.jsp) a link to the algorhythm they use to figure it out, in case anyone didn’t click the “more info” at the end of the test. [sub]I really have to go beef up on my retirement contrubutions, eh?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![moonstarssun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@moonstarssun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moonstarssun)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-will-you-live/202119/27 "2003-09-17T22:10:43Z")
96 for me–cool! I’ll have to work on developing some bizarre habits now so I can be a highly skilled Crazy Old Lady by the time I hit 80. ---
**Author:** ![Peg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Peg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peg)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-will-you-live/202119/28 "2003-09-17T23:11:05Z")
Supposedly I will be here, roaming God’s green earth until 90. I’m not sure if this is good or bad, but it does mean that my retirement funds had better improve or I’ll be working until I’m 84. ---
**Author:** ![Papaveraceae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e8c25b/32.png) [@Papaveraceae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Papaveraceae)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-will-you-live/202119/29 "2003-09-17T23:19:00Z")
1. No thanks. Grandma was well off her rocker by then. 75 and I am going outside during an Artic winter and I’m not coming back. ---
**Author:** ![SnoopyFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@SnoopyFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnoopyFan)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-will-you-live/202119/30 "2003-09-18T01:01:53Z")
1. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-will-you-live/202119/31 "2003-09-18T01:10:07Z")
Well, 89 isn’t bad, even with being somewhat overweight. ---
**Author:** ![spogga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@spogga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spogga)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-will-you-live/202119/32 "2003-09-18T11:14:25Z")
I’m gonna die tomorrow, apparently ---
**Author:** ![Alias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@Alias](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alias)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-will-you-live/202119/33 "2003-09-18T13:08:33Z")
81 I’m going to be stubborn though, and try to hold out for 100. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-will-you-live/202119/34 "2003-09-18T13:59:39Z")
It clocked me in at either 81 or 83, depending on whether we treat my distant exurb as being in the DC area or not. I can’t say I’m exactly impressed with the algo; it says my father, who’s 78, looks 15 years younger, doesn’t smoke, doesn’t drink heavily, and goes on hiking trips for fun, has an expectancy of 81. His father and mother lived to 94 and 89, respectively. I expect him to live _actively_ to at least 90. And I expect I will too. Some things specifically struck me as stupid. Making \>60K hurts your life expectancy? Why?? Or why does the laborer have 6 years’ more life expectancy than the desk jockey? I know people with a significant physical-labor component to their jobs; time hasn’t been kind to their bodies. My body will last a lot longer partly _because_ it didn’t get abused by my job. Also, these days, those who labor are demographically more likely to eat poorly, smoke, and have poorer access to decent medical care. Anyway, I’m gonna live forever, or die in the attempt. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ouisey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9fc29f/32.png) [@ouisey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouisey)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-will-you-live/202119/35 "2003-09-18T14:26:30Z")
oh God…I’m gonna live til 96. How will I afford that?? I need a bad habit. But its gotta be one that won’t make me _look_ bad. Or costs too much money. One that will make me die peacefully in my sleep around 75 or so. ---
**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-will-you-live/202119/36 "2003-09-18T14:27:53Z")
67? i’ll be lucky if i reach 27 the amazing way i dont exercise, live on a diet based on cholesterol, and drink my age in pints at least 3 nights a week. i’m 26 now. about 6 months left! ---
**Author:** ![acrossthesea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@acrossthesea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/acrossthesea)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-will-you-live/202119/37 "2003-09-18T14:58:03Z")
85 for me. Kind of weird, seeing as how every time I’ve taken these tests before it’s listed me as only living till 73. My husband should live to be 80 which unfortunately is most likely not going to happen…amazingly this thing never asks about your current health. That makes it kind of hard to tell, I’d think. ---
**Author:** ![sirtonyh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@sirtonyh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sirtonyh)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-will-you-live/202119/38 "2003-09-18T15:50:47Z")
68 apparently. I’m quite impressed, thats about 20 years longer than I’d have guessed ---
**Author:** ![Emofkuniv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ab992/32.png) [@Emofkuniv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emofkuniv)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-will-you-live/202119/39 "2003-09-18T18:46:58Z")
250-300 years tops. Any longer and I’ll start to run out of friends. Still, theres always Meth… ---
**Author:** ![lightingtool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/57b2e6/32.png) [@lightingtool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lightingtool)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-will-you-live/202119/40 "2003-09-18T18:52:46Z")
1. Pretty good given the smoking, drinking, one or five extra pounds, and all the heart problems in my family. I think having a grandmother that lived to 98 helped out my score a bit… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-will-you-live/202119.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-will-you-live/202119.md?page=3)