How long would you like to live?

I was thinking 95, but I have a suspicion that if I was 95 and feeling ok, I would not want to go then!
So past 106!

I too am 70 this year and like Falconbird my grandchildren are only 5 and 3, so I would like to see them grow up. Mr M is 79 this year fit as a fiddle and full of beans, his family except for his grandmother did not make old bones so he has always taken care of himself.

My OH says he is living until 100, so I might give up some time before that

I'm still waiting for my life to start, let alone finish!

Provided I can still look after myself and I am not suffering from dementia I am happy to carry on.

If I live to near the ages of my parents I will be satisfied. My mother died age 89 and my dad made it to 92. I would love to be active to the end like my great aunt who spent her last day gardening.

Well my mother died at 79 and, as I am taking rather more care of my health than she did, I hope to manage a bit longer than that. My father smoked himself to death at 65 so I'm five years ahead of him already. What I really want to do is enjoy the time I have left instead of moaning about everything like my in laws did.

I will be 70 at the end of the year but my grandchildren are very young, I would love to live to see them become adults which would would mean I would have to live to be 90!

My dh husband died at nearly 68 and the children's grandmother on the other side died at a similar age so I often feel guilty at still being alive and enjoying being a grandparent.

My mother lived until she was 90 years and six months old so I hope and sometimes pray I will last that long.

Until I can no longer stand in a river with a fly rod in my hand (which may be sooner rather than later) . The women in our family are not known for making old bones, and like starbird I will also be 70 in a few weeks time so I am looking to buck the trend. Having said that I have never had a year when I have felt so unfit with injuries and health problems, so who knows? I would quite like to be hanging about when my GS reaches his majority. He is nearly ten.

My mother died at 63 so I have never expected to live much longer than that, hence never planned for it. I will be 70 in a few weeks time, and although I live a relatively active life, and belong to/help with various organisations, because I have moved around quite a bit I am no longer close to loved ones or long term friends. There are times when I feel that the effort it takes to stay active is not worth it, and have to force myself to do things so as not to let others down. I look forward to days when I can stay in and not get dressed, or at least wear jogging bottoms and fleece tops, and not bother with make up! I could easily give up everything, sit at home and read/watch tv, and eat bread and cheese and occasional other things, knowing that in doing so I would go down hill fast. I am content with "three score years and ten" and if I were to be diagnosed with something life threatening I don't think I would bother to fight it. I am not depressed, I have had a life, and I think I have been lucky to have lived in the second half of the last century. The future holds a lot of promise, but also a lot of suffering as the world adjusts to new realities. I will be happy to go when the time comes, and look forward to the next stage of existence, which I firmly believe in.

My mum-in-law is 100. She lives alone, keeps the house tidy and cooks her own meals at the weekends. On the down side, she is housebound most of the time.
She really feels she's lived long enough. Her heart is giving out and she gets very breathless at times. She also suffers a lot of back pain. She was very sprightly until about 5 years ago.
Incredibly, her friend has just died - she was 106! However, she has been in a nursing home for 10 years and suffering severe dementia for the past 3.
I would like to live into my 80's to see my DGS reach his teens, at least - I came late to becoming a grandparent. I had severe health problems last year - and nearly died so to me, now, every birthday is a bonus.
So many of my friends popped off, some quite unexpectedly, in their 60's. Make every day count!!

wot Anya says.

If I was fit enough physically and mentally to look after myself then I'd live to see my great grandchildren. So at least another 20-30 yrs but that would only make me 80-90, still in my prime

Until I lose the will to live.

which is related to the amount of time I spend on this forum