Wizarding Life Span vs. Muggle Life Span

[Steve <bboy_mn@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 47921

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "ats_fhc3 <the.gremlin at v...>"
<the.gremlin at v...> wrote:
>... ... ...
> However, here's a question: wouldn't the fact that wizards 
> live longer than Muggles deter some wizards away from marrying a 
> Muggle? You know right from the start that you're going to live 
> longer than your spouse, and should you choose to tell your spouse, 
> they know they will die before you. 
>
> ...edited...
> 
> -Acire, who has found a lot to talk about the past few days.

bboy_mn comments:

"Love for a moment is better that nothing for a lifetime."

Not sure who said that; I overheard it in a converstation.

When you love someone, you love them, and in accepting that love, you
accept all the potential heartache that comes with it. In the same
sense, living your life mean accepting the possiblity of death. You
don't know how long your spouse will live. You don't know how long
your kids will life. You just love them as much as you can while
they're here. If you are afraid to live or love because something
might go wrong, you have lost the game of life before it even begins.

So I think that wizards and Muggles in love would certainly give some
consideration to the difference in lifespan, but in the end, love
really would conquer all.

RE: Wizard age vs muggle age: Dumbledore is about 150 but relative to
a muggle he seems about mid-seventies; let's say 75. That would imply
that wizards have double the life span of a muggle. While many (or at
least several) humans live to be 110 to 115 or so, one could assume
that there are a few wizards/witches over 200. Summary, I think the
absolute lifespan potential of a witch/wizard is about 250 with many
more reaching 200 than there are muggle reaching 100. Can I prove
that? Nope, but that's my story and I'm sticking to it.

bboy_mn