Originally Posted by
Willbird
Sadly my dad died at 46 years old, suddenly of a heart attack, June 10th 1986 in the morning.
That has an impact, maybe a permanent one, and maybe not in a good way really....I consciously and unconsciously measured my life in a 46 year unit, and I was 222 when he died, it was half over :-(.
I'm 49 today and hope to see 50 in a few months......so I have over those years muted that "your gonna die at 46" message burned into my brain, but my Ma died at 67, and all of my grandparents died at or before that age really. BUT they all smoked, and I do not :-).
So who knows :-).
Bill
This post has actually got to me. My dad was the healthiest of his siblings and went at 50 so I've been doing the same thing you were: measuring my time remaining based on 50. Thanks for pointing out the error in that mode of thinking. I should be looking at my great grandparents (both died at 86)!