I've always had a weird hunch I'm going to die aged 32 - and I'm 31.

[Schleep]

Kind of that really
Was once asked in amongst a series of random questions as a silly questionnaire "do you have a secret hunch of when you're going to die" and I replied automatically "at 32" at it's sort of stuck.
Have joked about it for a few years (had to stop after my DP got really cross about it).
Thing is - I turn 32 in July, and whilst my logical brain is trying to be reasonable (how could I possibly know?) stranger things have happened, and my Mum said the least reassuring thing ever when I spoke about it a couple of years ago which was "if you keep thinking it, you'll end up causing it subconciously"

So, Mumsnet, AIBU?

you need to reframe it in more metaphorical terms! Maybe it means the old paradigm of you will end, but a new, cooler more amazing you will be reborn - be it career, or bodywise, or relationship wise or something else. Plan a big makeover or change of routine ready for the new you!

Doesn't have to involve a physical death but maybe more as a transformation into a great new you!

Another way I've tried to look at it is that part of me will die at 32, or a belief I have will die, or something momentous will happen.

Frankly, given the state of my life right now (extreme stress) a huge life upheaval could probably be for the best.

Cross post! And you put it so much nicer

@Schleep xpost indeed. Start planning big amazing things. :)

I’m a big believer in these kind of things.

You’ve been given an amazing opportunity to live this year like it’s your last. If you die next year - you got to really engage with life in a way that most people will never get.

Go for walks, enjoy nature, cultivate relationships with others and yourself, tell more people to fuck off.

If you don’t die - you missed just one solitary year of career progression (if you work) one and putting up with other people’s bullshit. Then every year after is a huge bonus and the best dinner party story ever.

I was convinced I was going to die at 30. I'm well past that now!

No savings. Because.. why bother? Gonna die at 30.

Do not follow my lead.

My Great Aunt always believed she was going to die young, absolutely convinced (My Nan/Mum used to tell me). I think she was well into her 80s when the grim reaper finally knocked at her door.

Chill, it’s not going to happen.

Same, but mine was 42 - which was 2020 👀

I remember when I was 16 thinking it would be fine if I died at 42 cos least I would've had a good innings 😅

Still here though OP!

I've had this. It can't be an unusual thing. But it's so unlikely that you 'know' when it's going to happen.

I am 12 years past my anticipated death date :)

So I voted YABU.

My mum did. She also said she will die at 54. She didn't

I always thought I'd join the 27 club.

I'm 32 this year.

I’ve had a hunch for ages that I’ll die at 67. I’ve even got a bet on with my son. We joke about him sitting by my deathbed and pleading with me to “hold on mum - don’t go!” and all the nurses remarking what a lovely son he is, when in fact he just wants to win £100 😁

A friend of mine had this when we were teenagers, she always said she’d died at 25. We’re 44 this year - she did have a baby at 25 though, does it count?

I had no idea this was so common. Feeling strangely comforted that I'm not the only freak guessing my death-date (wrongly!)

I've never met anyone IRL who admits to having death year.

OP, I knew I wouldn't see my eighth birthday.

I'm 65.

I think part of it is trying to impose order on things, when in fact we don't know for sure. Life can be a bit more random than that.

I thought I’d die at 32
I did not

I have a hunch that I will die in a car crash.

I also had a hunch from a young age that I would marry someone called Derek. I have married twice, to no Derek.

Dawn French had similar thoughts that she was going to die at a certain age, as far as I know she's still here.

Omg I have the exact same thought! Not the same song though.

Does anyone remember that horrible death clock website where you’d fill out a questionnaire and then get a death date 🤣

I was absolutely certain I was going to die aged 17. I'm now more than 30 years past that.

OP I hope this reassures you that you are not the only person who thinks like this!

Df was always convinced he'd die in January aged 56 as his father and grandfather had done so. He died New Years Day aged 56 following a massive stroke.
Pretty sure though that many many people have a hunch and it come to nothing.

Yabu x