I've had a few balloons around for quite a few months! I don't ALWAYS pop so I've had a red 36" partly inflated for over a year! Look at how deflated and sad it is! It must want to meet its end, right?!? I sit on it to give it one last ride only to find that it is so DIFFICULT to pop with that little air in it! I try everything to pop it! once I do I move onto smaller balloons that have been around- I even stuff them into the front of my dress & play with them there- so much balloon fun!!!!