Which would you prefer

@winterose (39887)
Canada
December 11, 2008 1:33pm CST
Imagine you had come across a genie in a bottle, who would grant you one wish, only the wish was what the genie offered. and it was an either or, here is the wish that could be granted, to become 10 years younger than you are right now, or an improvement in your overall health right now, which would you prefer?
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@kenzie45230 (3560)
• United States
11 Dec 08
Definitely improvement in my health. I'd be afraid that if I went back ten years, I'd still end up with fibro/chronic fatigue and still be this bad off ten years down the road.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
12 Dec 08
good point kenzie
@angela38 (122)
• United States
11 Dec 08
I think if I were granted a wish I would want better health so I would not hurt so much as I do latly.
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@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
12 Dec 08
I would definitely have to say that I would want an improvement in my over all health right now. There is no way I would want to live the last ten years of my life over again.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
12 Dec 08
Yep I don't blame you
@ravinskye (8237)
• United States
11 Dec 08
Would I be 10 years younger or just look and feel 10 years younger? I would love to go back to my body that I had 10 years ago. But 10 years ago i was only 17 so I don't know that i would want to be 17 again lol. my health right now isn't all that bad aside from being overweight after three kids.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
12 Dec 08
you would be 10 years younger so of course you would look ten years younger
@tyc415 (5706)
• United States
11 Dec 08
WOW, here we go again, another tough one. If I took the wish that I could go back 10 years would be ok if I knew what I know now and could change things. BUT if I took the wish to have improvement overall health right now then that one would be so great too. So, if I did go back 10 years and not knowing if I could make things better then I would take the overall health improvement.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
12 Dec 08
smart thinking, I never that about that lol
@mentalward (14691)
• United States
11 Dec 08
Health, without a doubt. What is quantity if you don't have quality? I'd rather spend what I have left being healthier and, therefore, happier, than to re-live ten years with so much pain!
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
12 Dec 08
I hear you my friend
• United States
11 Dec 08
I think I would take the 10 year wish, I would be able to improve on my life and my health,plus I'd be younger so I might would have a better chance of landing a job.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
12 Dec 08
good points
@Lakota12 (42600)
• United States
12 Dec 08
go back 10 years then maybe hubby would be here too.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
12 Dec 08
oh that definitely would be nice
@Lakota12 (42600)
• United States
14 Dec 08
yes it sure would!
@chertsy (3798)
• United States
28 Dec 08
I would ask for improvement in my overall health, because even if I wished to be 10 years younger, my health could still be cruddy. Which could get worse causing me to die at a young age. With the health, I would love to be able to walk up stairs or down the hill in my back yard without my knees killing me. I just want to go a day without being in pain, now that would be a good day.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
28 Dec 08
hon I know exactly what you are saying I feel the same way too.
@AmbiePam (85441)
• United States
12 Dec 08
Better health, no doubt. I would hate to go back to being 17.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
12 Dec 08
don't blame you
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• United States
29 Dec 08
I would pick neither. I am as healthy as I will ever be. And I wouldn't trust the genie. By making me more healthy would probably mean I would have to eat healthy and I don't want to do that.As for being 10 years younger, I wouldn't want that either. So I would just put the genie back in the bottle and walk away.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
30 Dec 08
that is cool hon, you are the first person that said they would prefer either lol
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@annjilena (5618)
• United States
12 Dec 08
well since i only get one wish well it have to be 10 years younger i have a chance to be younger why not take it.
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
12 Dec 08
good thinking
• Philippines
12 Dec 08
Hi winterose.. I know a lot would answer an improvement of health but in my case I would choose to be ten years younger than I am today. I am 25 years old at present running out of time to do what I want to achieve in life. I have a boyfriend who is asking me to get married years ago and Im asking him to wait for three to five more years. I have this dream that I really want to achieve before settling down. Im afraid I will be 28 or 29 when that time comes and two years more before we will start to have a baby. They said that we Filipinos will have a hard time to concieve at 30's. My parents are pressuring me to settle down since Im the only single in the family, my younger sister got married two months ago. Talking about pressure. Thats why I will choose to have my age reduce my 10 years.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
12 Dec 08
I understand, but you know we will always have things in life, and when we wait we a missing out on all the good opportunities, like being married to the man you love and all that comes with that.
@Llonorra22 (1150)
• Philippines
12 Dec 08
I will definitely choose, over all heath improvement. Maybe I'll tell the genie to heal me and let me walk for me to really experience the the joys of life. I really want to travel a lot! God bless you, friend.. Stay healthy always...
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
12 Dec 08
wouldn't it be great
• Philippines
13 Dec 08
Yeah.. Keep safe!
@djonghs (560)
• Indonesia
28 Dec 08
If it's me, then I will choose an improvement of health. If I've become 10 years younger, still do not guarantee that my health will be improve or I could do something to improve my health maybe it will worsen. Even it is a wish that granted by a genie, He/she still need something to trade off. It could be our health that being trade off. So, I'll just happy with my health improvement. If possible, I will asked for 3 more wishes as my wish....hahahaha BR.b
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
28 Dec 08
thanks for your response hon
@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
11 Dec 08
I would definitely take the improvement in my overall health over the becoming 10 years younger or younger looking. Cause what is youth and beauty when you have bad health. So this one was a simple one for me to answer.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
12 Dec 08
good points my friend.
@Grandmaof2 (7579)
• Canada
12 Dec 08
An improvement in my overall health right now, without even having to think about it.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
12 Dec 08
I hear ya
@ElicBxn (63235)
• United States
11 Dec 08
Improved health now, because my healt sucked 10 years ago too!
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
12 Dec 08
makes sense to me
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@bdugas (3578)
• United States
12 Dec 08
Oh give me better health, cause taking me back 10 years would still put me where I am, if taking me back 10 years would put me where I was before I was here I would take that,
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
12 Dec 08
thanks hon
@pergammano (7682)
• Canada
12 Dec 08
Hey, Winterose, hope you are doing well after all of your latest medical invasions?And health is beginning to abound? To answer your question, I would ask for a compromise, 5 years younger (and know what I know now) and 50% improvement on overall health! Don't want much do I? I'm tending to get greedier in my old age! LOL!
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
12 Dec 08
ah but the genie's power is that he can only do one or the other lol, but great answer though.
@gemini_rose (16264)
12 Dec 08
Well I was just going to say to become ten years younger, but time has been kind to me so far and so I look younger than I am anyway luckily lol, so I guess I would go for the improvement in my overall health. Im not ill as such but I have an issue that I would love someone to solve for me right now!
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
12 Dec 08
I completely understand you hon