 | Got one soon after the kid was born. That and the news circus around Terri Schiavo was some of the impetus. It was a bit of a pain in the ass as paperwork was involved (can't abide paperwork or any dealing with numbers and money). But it defined quite a few things for us. We got hooked up with a lawyer who specialized in it by our financial advisor (Who I really should get a hold of. Like I said I hate dealing with financial matters.) But yeah... trusts FTW. |
 | Redid all that after father-in-law died last summer. We decided to move into my mother-in-law's house, which is being put into my wife's name, and so there were some extra tricky situations. For instance, if my wife should die the house goes in trust to my kids. The scenario here is that if I should remarry, my new wife couldn't take the house out of the family in a divorce. |
 | the lady that we had in place to live with my grandmother (who came home from Physical therapy yesterday, btw) is bipolar, it turns out. Yesterday she flipped out. So, she managed to make it all of 1/2 a day in the house. So now, I honestly don't know what we're gonna do.
So this has been such a fun experience for me lately. |
 | no because i have nothing of value, to anyone. should i die tomorrow, there would be nothing, but on the bright side there are no dependents and no one would be put through any hardship should i kick the bucket. |
 | I voted other, because I wanted to be honest. Option 1 doesn't fit, I'm not working on it, and I don't have one.
But it's something I know I need to do, and I thank you for helping to keep it top-of-mind. |
| You don't have a father or siblings?
Weird, I thought you did. |
| not a problem dude. I just really don't want any of you guys to go through what I've gone through. |
| that was going to be the actual "No" answer, originally. ;-) |
 | A week after Joey was born I setup mine... I'm the breadwinner in the family (wife stays at home), so I have to make sure things get settle in case of my unlikely demise. |
| yes, i do have a father, and my sister and brother, and i do have a life insurance policy, so they could all go out and buy some neat toys, but its not like i have a wife and kids that depend on my income to survive, nor do i own any property. |
| your demise isn't unlikely at all, FK. Me thinks you meant "untimely".
PA FTF. |
| lolz! no pitty... srsly! just stating the facts
yes, nothing of value, i don't own property or stocks, i have no investments. i have no dependents. everything i own can fit into one room.
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| Meant to say 'unlikely death soon'... but grammar fails me :P |
 | Not yet, I probably should do it at some point though... I might be able to do it for free through work, they provide help with stuff like wills/living wills/power of attorney etc. Not that I've used any of those services, yet.
Jerk. |
 | Other - Vampirism is my retirement plan. |
| None of the above. I own precisely squat. Well, okay, I own my house until the inevitable foreclosure. I do actually have a will and a durable medical power of attorney. But... Rather pointless. |
| well, um, first come first serve?
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| i also have a regular life insurance policy my parents got just before i graduated from college that they paid for.
yeah no funerals, i wouldn't want my corpse taking up ground, and no fussing. and my stuff? like i responded to tl, first come first serve.
the car, part of it is under my name.
see, that's the thing. i have a really "different" kind of life. i've designed it so that i could just up and vanish and it wouldn't have a huge impact... one day i'm there, the next.. gone... poof. very little traces i was here. it means a much simpler life. no significant other, no children, no property, no real assets.
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 | But if you don't at least have a will, your landlord will end up taking it it all, or could. |
| It also means by design you don't have much attachment to people or places, it sounds like. I know you say you're a robot, and Aspies have problems with that. But if you want any close relationships, they by definition involve interaction at a close level. Obvious, but still something to think about. |
| Let the credit card companies fight over my car... everything else will be disappeared by my family, if they are still around when I go. And if they are, they also know I want to be cremated, and where I'd like to be dumped. If they're not around to do it... it doesn't matter anyway. I don't have any offspring, and might not ever. So it'll be that simple. At least until I have more assets. But certainly, if I was married we'd have everything in a trust. Major tax advantages for the survivors, from what I gather. |
| yeah i don't have much attachment to people, places or things. ask sol about that sometime, some of our major problems were around how willing i am to just toss everything and move on.
i'll try to explain this as briefly as possible and try not to sound like a total moron. should i decide tomorrow to just up and leave, it would be quite simple to do so. yes, i would miss the friends i have made, and i would feel grief and pain in the absence of their company, but i've been through that so much, that to me, its another thing to deal with, and i would. i know that sounds very cold. also, its not like i'm going to just up and vanish, i've made that particular decision. but i also have a decent understanding of how i work. i've done it before.
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 | I don't have one. The little I have (and my 401k and life insurance policy from work) go to SG. If he dies at the same time, then I guess they go to my parents? Maybe I should write up something so that Sydney gets it all? My death would buy a lot of Fancy Feast. Better not. |
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no because i have nothing of value, to anyone. should i die tomorrow, there would be nothing, but on the bright side there are no dependents and no one would be put through any hardship should i kick the bucket. 
