Would you trade 10 years of your life for £5 million?

[Fancycrab]

Inspired by an old Black Mirror episode I watched. Got me wondering, if it was possible to age 10 years in a minute (but you haven’t gone forward in time & no one else has aged, just you) for £5 million would you do it? What about for £10m or £15m?

Nope, only if I could trade 10 years I’d already had to live through (trauma).

Yes absolutely. Going by parents/grandparents I’d possibly still 30 years to live. I don’t have children so if I died when everyone else was 10years younger it’s no biggie.
I’d retire, travel the world, set my sisters kids up for life. Then settle somewhere nice with a couple of dogs and DP if he still liked me 10 years older and live out my days.

Can I choose the ten years? There are several years of my life I'd happily trade in...

No, but if I could donate 10 years of my life to DH I'd do it like a shot. I'm probably going to outlast him by at least 30 years. If I could turn 10 of those years living without him into 10 more years with him that would be well worth it.

I would.

No
cant buy time
your organs would age
instant flappy tits
no thanks

If it's the last years of life, probably would have before I turned 40, for the 10 or 15 mill, anyway. Harder to see it with 5. But I'm late 50s now and it could be I would have very few extra years to enjoy that money.

If it just aged me by 10 years at whatever point I took the money, not so sure.

Bloody hell, the privilege. You have just proved my point. The only people who make these smug self satisfied statements are those who already have their material needs needs met. People like you.

Not now that I have a child. I’d pay £5 million for 10 more years (if I had it), not sell my life away. And absolutely not if I had to age 10 years now and miss out on the good health of 35-45, rather than selling the last 10 years when I’m hopefully very old anyway.

When I was younger, I was adamant that I wouldn’t ever settle down and have kids, and my earning prospects were very mediocre. I probably would have taken it in a heartbeat then, and regret it bitterly now!

If you aged from 80 to 90, chances are you'd be dead and not have the money....

Its a NO from me, at any age but if i was homeless, with absolutely nothing...

That's my way of thinking, too.

When I was younger, yes. Not now.

No way.

I wouldn’t do it either. I don’t think I’d even have done it when I was in my early 20s cos early 30s seemed ancient to me then! And I’ve always struggled with money. However I’ve always been able to meet my most basic needs. I wonder if the answer would be different if I asked people who were genuinely really poor & couldn’t meet their basic needs, homeless people, people relying on food banks long-term etc. I suspect it would be different

No. I would have done it if time had fast forwarded for everyone as i’d be quite ecstatic not to be in young child phase anymore.

I would be too sad to miss out on 10 years ago my kids' lives.

100% where do I sign up?

Last ten yes. I’d take the money, have an amazing life and leave my children knowing they are financially safe.

I'm 56. I probably would. I'll have to spend the next ten years working, definitely can't retire early. I'm single (and staying that way) so no missing out on time with a partner. My DC are in their 30s and the money I could give them out of that 5mill would help them a lot. That said, it would have to be tax free! I wouldn't do it if I had to lose half of it in tax!

I'd be 66 and could retire immediately. I could do the holidays I would have done in the missing 10 years. Realistically, I wouldn't be missing that much for my own sake. I would miss the time with the DC but knowing they'd be set would make up for it.

yes! It means I’d be closer to retirement and I’d be able to retire NOW!! So yes bring it on I say!

No. I have DC with SEN who will need me to be around for as long as I possibly can.

Nope I’m 59 time is more precious than millions.

Yes. It would set my kids up for life. I think that would be an ok trade off.

Definitely. Couldn't care if I died tomorrow. At least my kids wouldn't have any money worries.

Agree with this. And if I'm totally honest, with the food I eat and the wine I drink, I have probably already done that and paid for the privilege! Maybe a little overdramatic to say the last ten years of my life, but certainly five!

Interesting question....yes, I'll do it. It would make me (almost) 77 and I suspect in not so good health, and not too far from death as most of the women in our family die around about late 70's to 80 years of age.
However, I would be able to set up the (adult) children financially and with decent homes etc. before I died, that would be worth it. And hopefully I'd have a year or so to splurge the rest before I popped off.