# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![bicycleguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@bicycleguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bicycleguy)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-stability-score-can-anyone-top-my-1-49/804933/41 "2017-12-20T23:59:30Z")
relationship 46 years Job 31 years home 38 years age 67 score 1.72 I guess I’m pretty boring (but happy!) ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-stability-score-can-anyone-top-my-1-49/804933/42 "2017-12-21T00:26:00Z")
Relationship: 4.5 years Job: 1.5 years Home: 3 years Age: 46 So my score is a pathetic .196. ---
**Author:** ![Annoying\_Buzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Annoying\_Buzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annoying_Buzz)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-stability-score-can-anyone-top-my-1-49/804933/43 "2017-12-21T01:06:10Z")
Relationship: 20 Job: 5 Address: 12 37/46 = 0.8 ---
**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 21, 2017, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-stability-score-can-anyone-top-my-1-49/804933/44 "2017-12-21T02:32:58Z")
> [@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? See post #13: > [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Retirement raises an interesting issue. > > I think we should count number of continuous years at your most recent job PLUS number of years retired. > mmm ---
**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 21, 2017, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-stability-score-can-anyone-top-my-1-49/804933/45 "2017-12-21T02:39:18Z")
Update: 1.72 bicycleguy 1.69 OldGuy 1.649 misling 1.50 Dendarii Dame 1.492 RealityChuck 1.49 Mean Mr. Mustard 1.36 ivylass 1.27 digs 1.24 teela brown 1.22 Voyager 1.15 FinsToTheLeft 1.14 snowthx 1.04 Rhiannon8404 1.00 Procrustus 0.94 kenobi 65 0.89 LuckyNumber85 0.8 Annoying Buzz 0.74 silenus 0.74 Dinsdale 0.58 WildBlueYonder 0.57 gigi 0.55 Spice Weasel 0.49 TheChileanBlob 0.47 Bayard 0.288 AHunter3 0.196 RickJay 0.19 MoonMoon 0.156 manson1972 0.096 Robot Arm 0.071 naita 0.027 Filbert 0.021 FloatyGimpy 0.008 Leaffan 0.000 FoieGrasIsEvil ---
**Author:** ![MemoryDump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@MemoryDump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MemoryDump)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-stability-score-can-anyone-top-my-1-49/804933/46 "2017-12-21T02:56:58Z")
Job 37 years Retired 5 years Relationship 52 years married plus 1 engaged Current address 40 years Age 73 1.85 Booooring, but works for this!!! ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-stability-score-can-anyone-top-my-1-49/804933/47 "2017-12-21T03:05:20Z")
Relationship: 0 (or if you want to go with complicated,1) Job: 20 House: 2 22/50 = .44 ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-stability-score-can-anyone-top-my-1-49/804933/48 "2017-12-21T03:16:38Z")
1.068… but that’s really skewed by the fact I’ve been with my wife for more than half my life. During that time we’ve lived in multiple cities (and usually multiple addresses in each city), with the corresponding changes in jobs. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-stability-score-can-anyone-top-my-1-49/804933/49 "2017-12-21T03:39:57Z")
Relationship 40 Job 11 Home 20 1.16 I take it as a measure of how boring my life has become. ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-stability-score-can-anyone-top-my-1-49/804933/50 "2017-12-21T03:56:26Z")
34 27 25 1.38 ---
**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-stability-score-can-anyone-top-my-1-49/804933/51 "2017-12-21T04:18:57Z")
I will ask again; how are you wanting to count freelancers? Does someone have to have the same employer to say they’ve been “at their job” for a certain amount of time? ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-stability-score-can-anyone-top-my-1-49/804933/52 "2017-12-21T05:38:41Z")
Relationship: 22 years Job: 9 year House: 5 years Age: 47 years LSS: 0.77 This is actually more stable than I’ve ever been in my life and more than I expected. I’m interested in where I stand within my age group. **Mean Mr. Mustard** , can you sort it by age? ---
**Author:** ![CurtC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@CurtC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurtC)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-stability-score-can-anyone-top-my-1-49/804933/53 "2017-12-21T05:53:56Z")
Relationship : 34 Job: 34 Address: 16 Age: 56 LSS: 1.50 ---
**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 21, 2017, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-stability-score-can-anyone-top-my-1-49/804933/54 "2017-12-21T10:37:36Z")
> [@DooWahDiddy](#): > > I will ask again; how are you wanting to count freelancers? Does someone have to have the same employer to say they’ve been “at their job” for a certain amount of time? I guess if you have been doing the same type of work, uninterrupted, and only have different employers because you freelance, that can count. In your case, though, you mentioned periods of unemployment. So your work number begins after your most recent period of unemployment. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-stability-score-can-anyone-top-my-1-49/804933/55 "2017-12-21T11:39:09Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > What is an “other” relationship? They’re all current! Any new relationship is going to be destabilizing, so it would make the most sense to choose the shortest in a contest for long-term stability. ---
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-stability-score-can-anyone-top-my-1-49/804933/56 "2017-12-21T13:35:30Z")
Do you count being a stay at home mom? If it counts… ## 27 24 17 68 /age 47 1.44 We moved 2 times: from a rental to our first owned house and then to our second owned house ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-stability-score-can-anyone-top-my-1-49/804933/57 "2017-12-21T13:42:46Z")
Relationship 21 Retirement plus last job 6.5 Home .25 I score .46 because of my new house. If I hadn’t moved, score would have been .75 ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-stability-score-can-anyone-top-my-1-49/804933/58 "2017-12-21T14:32:00Z")
I’m .6. No relationship (although I was married for 10 years), been at my job for 16, and at the same address for 12. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-stability-score-can-anyone-top-my-1-49/804933/59 "2017-12-21T15:35:28Z")
Home: 10 Job: 8 Relationship: 7 Age: 54 LSS = (10+8+7)/54 = .463 In my industry, it’s fairly rare to stay in a job for decades although it does happen occasionally. My longest time at a single job was 15 years. My longest time in a single house was 13 years, although I’ll probably pass that in this house. My relation is only going in one direction at this point, so that will keep pace with my age. ---
**Author:** ![SmellMyWort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SmellMyWort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmellMyWort)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-stability-score-can-anyone-top-my-1-49/804933/60 "2017-12-21T16:21:23Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > I got a perfect 1.0000 > > 57 years old, 20 years in my position, 20 years at current address, and 17 years in relationship. Same here: Relationship: 18 Job: 14 Home: 7 LSS=39, Age=39 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-stability-score-can-anyone-top-my-1-49/804933.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-stability-score-can-anyone-top-my-1-49/804933.md?page=4)