105. I've lived long enough to reach my 100th birthday and then just a little extra.

Lindsay, 21
Harrisonberg, VA

I expect to die at age 95. I don't think I get much choice in the matter. : ) There's a trend in the generations of my family on my mom's side--each woman dies when she's a year younger than her mother was when she died. Of course, I guess that trend could continue on my aunt's side of the family instead of my mom's. I don't know. I guess I'd like to die before my body and mind are broken down so much that I can't enjoy life anymore.

Karen, 20
Marshelltown/Ames, IA

I can live with--die with?--the biblical threescore and ten. I do not want to be a burden to my descendants or live on with the sort of ill health that makes human dignity impossible.

Jill, 59
Saylorsburg, PA

If I could pick an age to die, I would pick as big a number as possible. I believe in the father, son and holy ghost but…

Dan
Lowell, MA

I expect to live to be in my late 80s or 90s and that seems like a long enough life to me.  Of course, there is always the chance I will die tomorrow due to some unforseen accident, like a bus crashing into me.  I know I don't want to die a violent death.  I can't fathom being stabbed or beaten.  Like most folks, I would like to leave this world with enough mobility of body and force of mind to die without being a nusance to others and to have some peace.   I do like the idea of Maude in the movie "Harold and Maude" chosing an exact age at which to kill herself and living life to its fullest up until that point.   However, I can't imagine being able to follow through on such a romantic idea.

Felicia, 33
Somerville, MA

I would like it to be after my children are grown, married and I had had the joy of grand-children.

Janet, 42
E. Brunswick, NJ

i suppose it would probably be 27, assuming I acually left behind a legacy worth a footnote. .

mothmc, 35
Pensacola, FL

I used to think that it would be the year that I could no longer take care of myself. But when I see people like Stephen Hawkings and Christopher Reeves holding on to life under those conditions I'm not so sure. They both have their minds and spirits and a valuable contribution to make to society. I would want to die if I believed that I no long had anything worthwhile to contribute to myself or society.

Cindy, 41
Lowell, MA

I have no desire to live past 65 or 70. What am I going to do, sit around and knit? I'd rather not go out like that.

Kristin, 20
IA  USA

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