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I've thought about offing myself at 60. I watched my dad get old, and life isn't really that fun anyway, so what is the point? To run the risk of outliving my k

I've thought about offing myself at 60. I watched my dad get old, and life isn't really that fun anyway, so what is the point? To run the risk of outliving my kids or finances? I think I'll just hit the eject button early.

wu-ikkyu 8y ago
>life isn't really that fun anyway >think I'll just hit the eject button early You should try sky diving
cjcenizal 8y ago
For what it’s worth, my grandparents told me that their 60s was one of the best period of their lives.
whatshisface 8y ago
You won't feel that different at 60 than you do now.
expertentipp 8y ago
The accumulated pension contributions are suppoused to prevent one from „offing” oneself, which works fine in e.g UK or Germany, but fails miserably in e.g. post-Communist countries where suicide rates for his age bracket soars.
adrianN 8y ago
If you practice a healthy lifestyle, 60 is not really that old. Some people do Ironmans in their seventies.
KineticLensman 8y ago
I watched my father die when he was 59, after a decade or so of bad health that meant he had to give up lots of his favourite hobbies. I'm now 57. I have one or two minor health issues but (famous last words!) can still do most of the things I want to. I've also decided which side of the life-work balance I want to maximise (life, obviously) and have gone part time, with the support of my employer. So I don't make the mistake of putting things off until I retire, and then finding I don't have the capability to do them. I decided that the next time someone asks me how old I am, I'm going to say positively 'almost 60' rather than 'late 50s' to show that I am still me and not planning to shuffle off this mortal coil just yet. Even if my feet are nailed to the perch, as it were. I'd change my mind for certain categories of disease, but there is no way I'd set an arbitrary limit.
battlebooth1 8y ago
whats the point of life? To investigate what 'life' is! what is this experience we all uniquely live everyday, each differently. We all want to expand our experience, we choose to do this through business, sex, religion, sports, drugs etc... but each one will never fulfill our appetite, and will always fall short of uniting us with a 'full' experience of the universe. Its extremely painful for some people to realize that these paths eventually lead to unfulfilled promises. Most would call this a spiritual crisis, when all material desires and things in 'basic' life seem meaningless.
DanAndersen 8y ago
If you do actually have kids, please understand that such an action is extremely traumatic and leaves scars that never fully heal.
Sophistifunk 8y ago
I've always envisioned a "see you cunts in hell" party followed by a walk in the woods with a pistol.

wu-ikkyu 8y ago

>life isn't really that fun anyway >think I'll just hit the eject button early You should try sky diving

cjcenizal 8y ago

For what it’s worth, my grandparents told me that their 60s was one of the best period of their lives.

whatshisface 8y ago

You won't feel that different at 60 than you do now.

expertentipp 8y ago

The accumulated pension contributions are suppoused to prevent one from „offing” oneself, which works fine in e.g UK or Germany, but fails miserably in e.g. post-Communist countries where suicide rates for his age bracket soars.

adrianN 8y ago

If you practice a healthy lifestyle, 60 is not really that old. Some people do Ironmans in their seventies.

KineticLensman 8y ago

I watched my father die when he was 59, after a decade or so of bad health that meant he had to give up lots of his favourite hobbies. I'm now 57. I have one or two minor health issues but (famous last words!) can still do most of the things I want to. I've also decided which side of the life-work balance I want to maximise (life, obviously) and have gone part time, with the support of my employer. So I don't make the mistake of putting things off until I retire, and then finding I don't have the capability to do them. I decided that the next time someone asks me how old I am, I'm going to say positively 'almost 60' rather than 'late 50s' to show that I am still me and not planning to shuffle off this mortal coil just yet. Even if my feet are nailed to the perch, as it were. I'd change my mind for certain categories of disease, but there is no way I'd set an arbitrary limit.

battlebooth1 8y ago

whats the point of life? To investigate what 'life' is! what is this experience we all uniquely live everyday, each differently. We all want to expand our experience, we choose to do this through business, sex, religion, sports, drugs etc... but each one will never fulfill our appetite, and will always fall short of uniting us with a 'full' experience of the universe. Its extremely painful for some people to realize that these paths eventually lead to unfulfilled promises. Most would call this a spiritual crisis, when all material desires and things in 'basic' life seem meaningless.

DanAndersen 8y ago

If you do actually have kids, please understand that such an action is extremely traumatic and leaves scars that never fully heal.

Sophistifunk 8y ago

I've always envisioned a "see you cunts in hell" party followed by a walk in the woods with a pistol.