Still Time
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HomecomingsHow many more times will you see your parents?

"When are you coming home?"

Once you leave home, seeing them becomes a few times a year. Here's how many visits and days are left — and how much of your time together is already behind you.

At your current pace
96more visits

At 4 visits a year, 3 days each, that's about 288 more days together. And 96% of all the time you'll ever spend together is already behind you.

288days left together
24holidays together (if you go home every year)
96%of your time together already spent
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How it works

How many more times will you see your parents?

  • Years left = the age we count to − your parent's age.
  • Visits left = years left × visits per year.
  • Days already together = every day until you left home + visit days since.
  • It's an estimate. Real time is never a formula.
Why count this

Most of our time with our parents is gone by the time we move out

Until 18 we see them almost every day; after that it's a few visits a year. Most people go quiet the first time they see this number. The good news: how long the rest lasts is largely up to you.

Questions

What are these calculators for?

Each one turns a span of life into a unit small enough to picture. Years left with your parents is an abstraction; ninety-six more visits is not. The number is never the deliverable — the deliverable is the thing you do in the week after seeing it.

Where do the life expectancy figures come from?

They are broad averages, set as a starting point and editable on every page. The site deliberately does not ask for your country, your health or your family history, because a more precise number would not change what anyone does about it, and collecting that information would mean keeping it.

Are the numbers accurate?

They are arithmetic, not prediction. Every page shows its own working, so you can see exactly which assumption produced the answer and change it. Read them as an order of magnitude: the difference between fifty visits and five hundred matters, the difference between ninety-four and ninety-six does not.

Is anything stored or uploaded?

Nothing is uploaded. There is no account, no server and no analytics until you switch them on. Everything you type stays in your browser on this device, which also means a cleared cache takes it with it — the site will write you a backup file whenever you want one.

Is it free? Do I need an account?

Free, and no. Nothing here is gated, there is nothing to sign up for, and no email address is asked for at any point.

Isn't this morbid?

It is the same arithmetic a calendar does, just further out. Most people find the effect is not gloom but urgency — they call someone, or book a weekend. A number you refuse to look at still counts down; the only thing hiding it changes is what you do in the meantime.

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