Would you like to know when you are going to die?

[Dishwashersaurous]

Completely inspired by another thread.

Would you like to know when you are going to die?

Say if everyone on their 21st birthday wad given the date they will die?

No.

Yes.

No

No.

Hmm. I think I would want to know then regret it!

Nope

Yes

Not for myself and others.

No

Yes definitely! I’d pay less into my pension if I knew I was going to die beforehand, for example.

Yes. Then I could plan accordingly. No point worrying about pensions and investments if I'm going to pop my clogs next year

No

Definitely not

Oh lord no!

Funny that. I wonder why I feel so strongly.

Yes

Absolutely.

Considering the level of distress experienced by most people given the news that they have a disease that is going to kill them within x timeframe, no. I think anybody saying yes is kidding themselves.

I think yes. I would be nice knowing when your last Xmas or last holiday was so you could really make it special. You could also prepare financially if you knew how how much pension you needed or if you would need care in your 90s or not. You could also plan your own funeral ready and clear out your belongings so you don't leave it all to your loved ones to do. Obviously I'm someone that likes to plan!!
I don't think I would like to know when my DH was going to die though. I can't bare to think about it, and if it turned out to be quite young I would be devastated. I'd rather not know.

No, I think I'd hate mentally counting down the days.

No.
My dad always knew he'd never make it past 40, it affected him all his life.. he died at 36.

Nope

are we allowed to take out life insurance once we know if it's worth it?

Only to aid my decision whether to sacrifice 5 years for 5million quid 😉

Yes.

We're all dying anyway.

I don’t want to know. I mean, I might like to receive confirmation if I’m not going to die in the next 5/10/20 years etc but I wouldn’t want confirmation if I am going to die in the next 5/10/20 years.