A question for the over 40's on here.

[Graham C]

Didn't realise there was a page 3, was replying mainly to Red's comment about being suprised with me taking the money easily.  I see others have made my points already

[Girgy85]

If I skipped to 40 odd and had a billion I'm pretty sure my wife would be around 21.

[bobAlike]

I'm 39 so skipping to 41 is no biggie.

Isn't it a bit different if you are older with grown up children?  You could be possibly be going back to be younger than they are and I'm not sure I'd like that.  I certainly wouldn't want to outlive them.  What about your wife/partner?  They wouldn't be 28.  This would be amplified with older people, maybe a 60 year old married to a 28 year old and again I'd outlive them by possibly 30 years.

Part of life is growing old and growing old with loved ones and seeing your children and grandchildren grow. I don't think I'd want to change that.  Perhaps wording it as 'Money please not even close' was a bit flippant but I don't think going back to be a lot younger would be all it's cracked up to be.

Just my thoughts on it.

Pretty much agree with all of this.

There'd have to be some caveats thrown in to make me change my mind.

[Woodsey]

If I skipped to 40 odd and had a billion I'm pretty sure my wife would be around 21.

And half a billion and no wife 6 months later 

[smashedagain]

I am 28 and I would take the money to wake up and be 48! With that sort of money you have a decent 20yrs left in you.

15 - 23yrs old were my glory days, at 28 its already over. Just grinding out the 9-5 til mortgage is paid and I can start living again. Would turn down any amount to snap go back to 15 and I would do everything the exact same as I already did, but maybe take a video camera this time around.

Lol. Yeah if only we had iPhones when I was at my peak. Nowadays it's limp to jizz in about 30 seconds.

This stuff should be in your diary Jase

It's not my diary

[millidonk]

If I skipped to 40 odd and had a billion I'm pretty sure my wife would be around 21.

And half a billion and no wife 6 months later 

prenup ldo

[Girgy85]

If I skipped to 40 odd and had a billion I'm pretty sure my wife would be around 21.

And half a billion and no wife 6 months later 

prenup ldo

Actually I wouldn't have a wife  I'd just be swanning round Thailand like that Tim sharkey dude.

[smashedagain]

If I skipped to 40 odd and had a billion I'm pretty sure my wife would be around 21.

And half a billion and no wife 6 months later 

prenup ldo

Actually I wouldn't have a wife  I'd just be swanning round Thailand like that Tim sharkey dude.

Just surveyed three 21 year olds and got a unanimous decision. A billion is nowhere near enough

[Girgy85]

If I skipped to 40 odd and had a billion I'm pretty sure my wife would be around 21.

And half a billion and no wife 6 months later 

prenup ldo

Actually I wouldn't have a wife  I'd just be swanning round Thailand like that Tim sharkey dude.

Just surveyed three 21 year olds and got a unanimous decision. A billion is nowhere near enough

Ive just surveyed my mother who is 60 in December and she'd take the 28. Then she actually said if she could wake up same age but pain free then she would. If i could take her pain away for a day id do it.

[Woodsey]

If I skipped to 40 odd and had a billion I'm pretty sure my wife would be around 21.

And half a billion and no wife 6 months later  

prenup ldo

Actually I wouldn't have a wife  I'd just be swanning round Thailand like that Tim sharkey dude.

You'd will be probably be dead within a year then lol

[Woodsey]

If I skipped to 40 odd and had a billion I'm pretty sure my wife would be around 21.

And half a billion and no wife 6 months later 

prenup ldo

Actually I wouldn't have a wife  I'd just be swanning round Thailand like that Tim sharkey dude.

Just surveyed three 21 year olds and got a unanimous decision. A billion is nowhere near enough

Really? Even your not that ugly mate lol

[mondatoo]

28 ainec. I'd even take 38. I don't need money to make me happy.

All the money in the world can't buy time. Your dead for eternity.

What about the amount of good you could do for so many generations of your family and others with that much money though ?

I'm massively in the "you don't need money to be happy" as well as "money isn't everything" camps but it does have a lot of positives.

Such a tough spot to balance.

I don't really know what "All the good I could do" would be though. Oh I know I could buy them fancy stuff and make it so as they never had to work again, but as I said, money doesn't buy happiness.

If my dad were choosing between having loads of money or to be 28 again so that he could spend another 40 years with us, I know which one I would want him to pick.

I watched a programme about Terry Pratchet, millionaire author of the 'Discworld' series of novels recently. He has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. His time is very limited now, and he would gladly give all his millions for a few more years of being able to enjoy the simple pleasures on life. (Which cost nothing anyway)

In the programme, which is called ' Choosing to die' (You can watch it on Youtube) He went to see several terminally ill peope, one of whom was millionaire hotelier Peter Smedley. Peter had decided to go to Switzerland for an assisted suicide. There was no question that he would have given up his millions in a heartbeat to have a little more time.

Frankly, I'm amazed and appalled by some of the comments in this thread, especially the one from Silo Graham, (Sorry Silo) who said "I'd like the cash please, I'd happily skip forward to 41 to get it". 

Andrew Marvell once said:

...but at my back I always hear
time's winged chariot hurrying near..

Well as you get older, you will begin to hear it too. It starts as a gentle sound off somewhere in the distance, and before you know where you are, it's clattering across the cobbles on iron clad wheels. Impossible to ignore. 

Marshall Barer wrote some lyrics, and Don Williams sang them.

I’m just a country boy
Money have I none
But I’ve got silver in the stars
And gold in the morning sun

That pretty much sums it up for me.

I wouldn't sell a year of my life for all the money in the world.

Think that's quite short sighted tbh Tom. We are talking about being a billionaire, as in you would instantly be one of the most powerful men in the world. You don't think you could make major positive influential changes in the world with that sort of money ?

[AndrewT]

I'm 37 and would snap take the money - I didn't even grow into myself properly till after I was 30 anyway.

All the money in the world can't buy time.

Genuine Rolex - only £10.

[Alverton]

26, Snap taking the money.

[taximan007]

Last week i'd have snapped the billion, this week i'll take 28