(I first learnt that word rifling through my father's private papers and reading his will at the time)
heh. Funny story: I was rifling through my father's private papers and found his will. Since I was 9 at the time, I thought that meant that he was about to die, so I moped around for several days until he finally got fed up and asked me what was wrong. I burst into tears, and wailed "I don't want you to die!" After much sobbing on my part, he finally got the story out of me, and explained gently that having a will didn't mean that he was about to die. Then he said "if you hadn't been snooping, this never would have happened. :)
I was a lot more mercenary and grabbalicious about finding my father's will--I was about 9 myself at the time.
Mostly, I was stoked at what I was getting. Don't remember what it was, but it sure was grownup stuff. The death part never hit home. In fact, I was the teeniest bit impatient.
I'm going through my departed mother-in-law's stuff, and it's weird, having the responsibility to decide what of things she considered precious get ruled trash or not. I don't like it, it feels like passing judgement on her life.
I'm going through my departed mother-in-law's stuff, and it's weird, having the responsibility to decide what of things she considered precious get ruled trash or not. I don't like it, it feels like passing judgement on her life.
Oh, when I die and my relatives go through my shit, I bet for 2/3rds of my stuff they'll be going, "Why the fuck did he have this?"
Is that the porn 2/3rds?
I should start keeping all that sort of stuff in a box/folder marked "In the event of my death, destroy without opening."
Mostly, I was stoked at what I was getting.
I got nothing. It all went to my mom and his parents.
I should start keeping all that sort of stuff in a box/folder marked "In the event of my death, destroy without opening."
you gotta have a "porn friend", that person that, in the event of your death, hustles over to your house and cleans out all of your porn/toys/naughty stuff before your relatives come to clean out your place.
Is that the porn 2/3rds?
Yeah. I mean, the porn is a subset of the 2/3rds.
Hmmm - I think most people don't want to know what turns/turned their relatives on....
I suppose for digital porn, one could store it all in an encrypted volume and not give anyone the password. I mean, hypothetically, if one had such things....
I should start keeping all that sort of stuff in a box/folder marked "In the event of my death, destroy without opening."
Perhaps we should all pick a Buffista beneficiary, who can spread the porn around. Heirlooms should stay in the family, and all that.
eta: inevitable porn friend x-post
it's an unwritten rule that the porn friend gets to keep said porn.
