# What is your Life Stability Score? Can anyone top my 1.49? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 20, 2017, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-stability-score-can-anyone-top-my-1-49/804933 "2017-12-20T17:35:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-stability-score-can-anyone-top-my-1-49/804933/21 "2017-12-20T20:08:04Z")
> [@FloatyGimpy](#): > > 0.021 - I think I lose! > > Relationship - 0 > Job - 0 > Home - 1 If we only count whole years, I score a perfect 0. If we count fractions of a year, I make it about 0.027 ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-stability-score-can-anyone-top-my-1-49/804933/22 "2017-12-20T20:08:45Z")
> [@FloatyGimpy](#): > > 0.021 - I think I lose! > > Relationship - 0 > Job - 0 > Home - 1 That will be a tough score to beat. Is there a rule that the numbers can’t go below 0? How 'bout -3 if it’s been three years since the last relationship, that sort of thing? ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-stability-score-can-anyone-top-my-1-49/804933/23 "2017-12-20T20:09:43Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > I agree. There is hardly anything more stable than being retired. Well, you could be dead… ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-stability-score-can-anyone-top-my-1-49/804933/24 "2017-12-20T20:10:13Z")
1.492 ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-stability-score-can-anyone-top-my-1-49/804933/25 "2017-12-20T20:10:19Z")
My FIL is retiring this year at the age of 65. He’s been married for 41 years, has worked at the same company since he was 17, and lived in the same house for 35 years. That gives him a score of 1.9 ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-stability-score-can-anyone-top-my-1-49/804933/26 "2017-12-20T20:23:42Z")
> [@mean mr. Mustard](#): > > i was bored this morning. While being bored i devised a little formula that expresses how stable (or, perhaps, how boring) your life is and i’m curious about others’ scores. > > So, add up: > > \*how many years you have been in a committed relationship > \*how many years you have been at your current job > \*how many years you have lived at the same address > > note: Each answer must consider only current, unbroken periods. If you worked at your job for 5 years, left for 1, then came back for 6 more, your score is 6 (not 11). > > Take your total years and divide by your age in years. This is your lss. > > My score: > > Relationship: 34 > job: 31 > address: 23 > > total 88 / 59 years = 1.49 lss. > Mmm 1. 31 2. 19 3. 18 68/50 = 1.36 ---
**Author:** ![WildBlueYonder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-stability-score-can-anyone-top-my-1-49/804933/27 "2017-12-20T20:27:45Z")
.58, we just moved here less that a year. Oh well. Stability yes, financially never! ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-stability-score-can-anyone-top-my-1-49/804933/28 "2017-12-20T20:49:51Z")
My score: Relationship: 27 Job: 1 Address: 23 Total 51 / 49 years = 1.04 Thanks to my husband having the same job for nearly 20 years, I haven’t need to keep the same job that long. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-stability-score-can-anyone-top-my-1-49/804933/29 "2017-12-20T20:59:39Z")
Tote Board: 1.69 OldGuy 1.492 RealityChuck 1.49 Mean Mr. Mustard 1.36 ivylass 1.22 Voyager 1.14 snowthx 1.04 Rhiannon8404 1.00 Procrustus 0.94 kenobi 65 0.89 LuckyNumber85 0.74 Dinsdale 0.58 WildBlueYonder 0.57 gigi 0.47 Bayard 0.288 AHunter3 0.19 MoonMoon 0.156 manson1972 0.096 Robot Arm 0.071 naita 0.027 Filbert 0.021 FloatyGimpy ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-stability-score-can-anyone-top-my-1-49/804933/30 "2017-12-20T21:07:24Z")
Relationship: 0 Job: 0 House: 0 Score-0 ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-stability-score-can-anyone-top-my-1-49/804933/31 "2017-12-20T21:57:12Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Tote Board: > > 1.69 OldGuy I hope the “contest” ends soon. I retire in June; that will drop my score precipitously unless we get to count retirement as not changing jobs. So question. If I continue to teach at the same place with emeritus status, does my streak continue? ---
**Author:** ![misling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@misling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misling)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-stability-score-can-anyone-top-my-1-49/804933/32 "2017-12-20T21:57:56Z")
relationship-32 job-32 address-30 94/57=1.649 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-stability-score-can-anyone-top-my-1-49/804933/33 "2017-12-20T22:02:05Z")
.74 Relationship - 15 Job - 31 House - .9 The moving penalty just killed my score, since I was in my previous residence for 30 years. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-stability-score-can-anyone-top-my-1-49/804933/34 "2017-12-20T22:06:38Z")
I’m a smidgen over 1.50. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-stability-score-can-anyone-top-my-1-49/804933/35 "2017-12-20T22:08:48Z")
1.27 Damn, I knew I was boring, but maaaan… I’ve gotta change jobs or wives or at least trade houses with the neighbors. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-stability-score-can-anyone-top-my-1-49/804933/36 "2017-12-20T22:16:48Z")
.008. I win. Or lose. OK. I suppose FoieGrasIsEvil wins, upon reflection. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-stability-score-can-anyone-top-my-1-49/804933/37 "2017-12-20T22:18:20Z")
Relationship: 15 Job: 2 Address: 2 Score: 19/34 =.55 None of this surprises me. I lived in 6 places and three different states in 8 years. Never had any job for more than a year. We finally settled two years ago. I feel great about the current way of things, so it doesn’t make me too sad. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-stability-score-can-anyone-top-my-1-49/804933/38 "2017-12-20T22:22:42Z")
Relationship = 40 Job = 18 House = 18 I get a score of 1.24. ---
**Author:** ![FinsToTheLeft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finstotheleft/32/2930_2.png) [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-stability-score-can-anyone-top-my-1-49/804933/39 "2017-12-20T23:10:28Z")
A) 25 b) 19 c) 10 54/47=1.15 ---
**Author:** ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-stability-score-can-anyone-top-my-1-49/804933/40 "2017-12-20T23:51:30Z")
Relationship 12 Job 2 Address 11 25/51= .49 and a fraction [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-stability-score-can-anyone-top-my-1-49/804933.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-stability-score-can-anyone-top-my-1-49/804933.md?page=3)