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 This is a ridicilous question. I don't get to choose who I spend my time with. 
 But you just did 
 Not in person 
 But what if you could? 
 I made this choice recently to fly a couple hours and drive a couple hours to see my great aunt, and it warped my whole perspective of time. 

I spent 2 hours with great Aunt and reviewed her 98 years of life in 2 hours. 

Someday some kid will hear my entire 84 years in the space of 84 minutes. actually I could probably describe entire decades in seconds. 
 Wow. I wish my dad or grandad could do that. It seems like its only women that can talk in that fashion.