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trof

(54,273 posts) Fri Mar 8, 2013, 06:21 PM Mar 2013

Increasing your lifespan and going broke. A quandary:

NPR had a segment on 'reservatrol' (?)
It'the stuff in grape skins that is supposed to be really good for you, fights and prevents diseases, etc., and now scientists say it may extend life expectancy.
A lot.

Here's the quandary
I'm 71. I've planned my life and retirement so that (hopefully) I won't run out of money before I die.
But what if i had the choice to extend my life by 10 or 20 or even 30 years?
I sure haven't planned for that financially.
It's too late to start over now.
It's a puzzlement.

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Increasing your lifespan and going broke. A quandary: (Original Post) trof Mar 2013 OP

Resveratrol Duer 157099 Mar 2013 #1

Don't have that problem. I'm broke already. Downwinder Mar 2013 #2

Lucky you. No need to make a decision. trof Mar 2013 #3

No offense. I have made so many bad decisions Downwinder Mar 2013 #4

We've probably all made some regretable decisions over a lifetime, but Laurian Mar 2013 #5

Same age, same quandary. Paper Roses Mar 2013 #6

Duer 157099

(17,742 posts)

1. Resveratrol

Reply to trof (Original post)

Fri Mar 8, 2013, 06:25 PM

Mar 2013

Same quandry here. But I take it anyway.

Downwinder

(12,869 posts)

2. Don't have that problem. I'm broke already.

Reply to trof (Original post)

Fri Mar 8, 2013, 07:00 PM

Mar 2013

trof

(54,273 posts)

3. Lucky you. No need to make a decision.

Reply to Downwinder (Reply #2)

Fri Mar 8, 2013, 07:13 PM

Mar 2013

Sorry, that was heartless.

Downwinder

(12,869 posts)

4. No offense. I have made so many bad decisions

Reply to trof (Reply #3)

Fri Mar 8, 2013, 07:19 PM

Mar 2013

it is good not to have to make another.

Laurian

(2,593 posts)

5. We've probably all made some regretable decisions over a lifetime, but

Reply to Downwinder (Reply #4)

Sat Mar 9, 2013, 07:54 AM

Mar 2013

the thing that screwed us the most as we entered retirement was the financial meltdown. That was done "to" us, not "by" us, and will impact how the rest of our lives will be managed.

Just gotta go with the flow, now.

All the best to you.

Paper Roses

(7,506 posts)

6. Same age, same quandary.

Reply to trof (Original post)

Mon Mar 11, 2013, 04:25 PM

Mar 2013

Living on SS now is hard enough, imagine what it would be like in the years to come?
No extra $$ now, let alone $$ for 10 years from now.
Who would have guessed?

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