Would you want to know when your going to die?

Say you went to the doctors and they were going to tell you how much longer you had to live.

My aunt new she had three months to live and she sorted all family problems out before she died

I personally would not want to know.

What are your thoughts?

Since I live alone, I think I would like to know (in advance). It may sound silly, but I worry about my cat and who'd take care of him if I can't get home. I'd like to make plans in advance.

I don't want to know. I'd spend each second scared that it could be my last. How can you really enjoy your life if you know it's going to be short lived? I want to go quick and painless.

If you knew in advance, you wouldn't have to worry about "when".

Seee thats what i mean,Everyone is different

I am a big wimp so i wouldnt want to know at all as i think i'd go to pieces

I beleieve that if you know you are going to die and have a certain amount of time left then you must be suffering and in pain for the time you have left

I would rather just pass peacefully in my sleep!

My old boss who hired me for my job passed away on Sunday!
He was 69 and had cancer!

He was a nice man
Going to his funeral on Saturday!

As you get older you become more at ease with facing your own mortality. I'm at the point in my life when I really should be planning to take care of some things. Hell, I hope I still have 30 good years left, but there are things I still want to do before I die. If I knew in advance of my death time, I'd be sure to take advantage of that time.

Good point SC.

I reckon you might have a good 40 years left in ya yet

Thanks. I like your math better than mine.

I'm thinking the doctors will give you a time frame, like you have 4 months to live. That doesn't mean 4 months to that day you'll die. You could drop dead 4 minutes from then. Knowing I won't see another birthday or Christmas...it's just not information I want.

One good thing about knowing in advance I think would be telling off people you can't stand. Or better yet walk up to them and slap them. WTF! What are they gonna do..kill you?

I'd be more afraid of leaving something undone. I wanna go with a clear conscience (having said "goodbye" to all my loved ones) and having someone close to me when I go.

I'd say, "Tag, you're 'it'" and then die.

I agree with Beth,i just couldnt handle knowing

If I have to clear my conscience before I go than I hope I have about 10 years. That could take a long time.

I can see what you mean about saying goodbye to loved ones. But I think the people I love already know that, so not much more can be "said".

Remind me not to play tag with you.

I think I would like to have a three month warning of when I was going to die.

I would relax and wind down and be extra nice to people.

In a morbid way I always thought it would be fitting to make a 90 minute video of me mourning myself, to be played on a tv beside my casket facing those attending the wake. I could look into the casket and then face the viewers and tell them how good I look and that the funeral parlor did a good job. I could plan it ahead with a family member or two so that my tv image could carry on conversations with him or her. But I digress.

I think you're wrong. Just saying the words is extremely comforting. I am thrilled beyond belief that I got to say that to Paul before he passed, and that he replied in kind.

Years ago, my dad was very sick and was facing heart bypass surgery. Having gone through this with Annie (and not saying "goodbye") I was determined to speak my peace to my dad before the surgery (which was "iffy" at that point). I flew down to North Carolina (where he was at that time) and asked my mom and sister to leave us alone for five minutes. I poured my heart out to my father, telling him what a great man and father he was, and he watched me intently form his hospital bed. He didn't say anything as I spoke but we both had tears in our eyes. I finished what I meant to say and kissed him and walked out.

He had the surgery (successfully) and a few days later I asked him about what I had said to him the week prior. He didn't remember any of it (he was so doped up with medications that he simply forgot it). I didn't know if I should laugh or cry about that.

Either way, when it happens it happens. Not much I can do about it.

There may be a weird comfort in knowing though.

The doctors say otherwise, but what do they know?


For me, I would definitely want to know when I am going to die.
While I would love to make it into my nineties, or even to 100, I would not wish to spend those years suffering from dementia, or so incapacitated as to be unable to get some joy out of life.

That said, if I knew I had a week, a month, a year, five years, ten years, etc., I could plan accordingly.
For sure if I had little time I wouldn't be sitting here dealing with hese pain in the ass clients!

Absolutely. I don't have to tell you, but once you go through it and its REALLY close to you, your whole outlook changes.

That brings up a good question - what would you do if you knew you only had a short time left?

There are many people who I would tell I loved them, I would want to spend time with a few close friends, then I would go with my family to Europe to have one great meal in Paris, one great meal in Florence, and a final great meal in Rome. Then I would fly home and wait for the grim reaper.

Tell all my family friends i loved them and then throw a huge going away party


Id take a loan out to pay for the party as im never going to pay it back and pay for food,alcohol everything to celebrate my life


It would be a shame if only two people turned up

Death is another part of life.So i would want to know.

You think? i hope so,but i have a feeling we are just worm food

Physically worm food.

But i believe in the soul.

Im not so sure,id really would like to belive in something else



I just dont

Im ganna live forever.

Ive heard people say they would get bored living forever


Id love it

i bet you would in the pub everyday.