This may seem like a morbid question but I'm curious.

[mommaU4]

If there was a way to find out how/when/where you were going to die, would you want to know?

You couldn't change what would happen, but you'd know about it. Or would you rather be blissfully unaware of when your time's going to be up?

 

[paigevz]

I'd want to know, I think. It's a tough call, but that way I could try to have my "ducks in a row". Of course, you'd have to go through all the grief stages, too, that way, which would be hard.

 

[eyeoreismyhero]

I try to live my life assuming I have no tomorrow so I don't think it would really matter to me!

 

[Sparx]

I live like I'm dying tomorrow. I try really hard to take chances and not let good things go by unnoticed. But as for your question. no. I wouldn't want to know.

 

[Sandy V.]

I probably wouldn't want to know.

Like Paigevz, I'm a "get my ducks in a row" kind of person. But I think that knowing exactly "when" might consume me and prevent me from enjoying the time I DO have on earth.

 

[BillSears]

I used to think I wouldn't want to know. But now adays I'd be happy to know.

It sure would be nice to know whether I could spend all this money I have saved for retirement or if I really should save even more. Knowing when I would die would make planning retirement alot easier.

 

[pumba]

my sister has been giving this ........the doctors said she has probably six months to live. Would I want to know ......nope .....not in this lifetime.

 

[BillSears]

One more thing. My own death doesn't bother me anymore. I've pretty much accepted that I will die someday. Since I deep down already know that I am going to die knowing when wouldn't bother me.

 

[AuntieM03]

I'm an ignorance is bliss kind of girl.

 

[mommaU4]

my sister has been giving this ........the doctors said she has probably six months to live. Would I want to know ......nope .....not in this lifetime.

OMG, I am so sorry to hear that!

I don't know what made me think of this. Well, that's not true. My cousin died over the week-end very suddenly and unexpected and I just wondered would it be better to know and make arrangements, or would that be to all-consuming to have that information.

Of course for most of us, this will not matter.

 

[Disney Doll]

I think if you knew, it would change your behavior, so I don't think I'd want to know.

 

[Cantw8]

.....heck no....I won't go.....Too many more pics to post.......

 

[DVCLiz]

I wouldn't want to know, but I'm definitely making all of my arrangments ahead of time. If you have been through the death of a loved one and the settling of their affairs after, you know what was useful and what should have been done to make things easier on those left behind.

For me, that means making sure I have my financial ducks in a row - working with professionals, keeping my will current, making sure I review those plans as my children grow up. I'm also going to pre-plan some of my final arrangements - this makes it so much easier later on!!! And I'm going to de-clutter this house if it kills me - that was one of the biggest hurdles to overcome when my mother died. Knowing that my girls could more easily deal with the "stuff" left behind will give me great peace of mind.

But no, I wouldn't want to know when and how I die. If it was early and tragic, it would spoil the happy times to come.

 

[goodeats]

On one hand I'd like to know if I had some sort of terminal illness and death was eminent, in a general sense (as in six months to live). I certainly wouldn't want to be working. I'd want to travel and spend time with family, basically living life to the fullest!

But if it was something that will tell you will die in a car accident on March 20 2056, it just seems to weird and life altering to know something like that.

 

[Mishetta]

But if it was something that will tell you will die in a car accident on March 20 2056, it just seems to weird and life altering to know something like that.

Then again, would you get in a car that day??

 

[Buckalew11]

I wouldn't want to know.

 

[rt2dz]

Nope. Wouldn't want to know. Couldn't change it.

I have all my ducks in a row now--wills, guardian papers, finicial info, etc because I could be in a car accident today. I write my kids a letter every month telling them things I want them to know. Morbid, but if I am in that car accident I want them to know what I want to tell them as they get older and how much I love them.

We don't put off anything too far into the future because it might not be there. One of the reasons I'd pull my kids out of school for anything. Life's short & tomorrows aren't guaranteed.

 

[alabamaalan]

Very sorry to hear about your sister, Pumba.





I very well could know of my death; it seems to be a family trait.

After all my uncle knew the exact date of his death well in advance.

Of course, it was because the judge told him......

 

[Am_I_There_Yet]

Absolutely NOT! How would you live if you knew when you were going to die? I can't even imagine...

 

[Stitchfans]

I'm an ignorance is bliss kind of girl.

for this I agree. usually I want to know what is going on in my life all the time. I want to be in charge of what is happening to me. but in this case I think it is best not to know.