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Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Kate P. - Aug 03, 2019 4:10:16 pm PDT #10085 of 30019
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

My parents' grandparent names are Baba and Gaga, courtesy of toddler Rose. This summer Rose, now 7, started calling them Babsie and Gagsie, and, well, I think we may try to encourage them to go with good ol' Grandma and Grandpa before too long.


msbelle - Aug 03, 2019 4:31:41 pm PDT #10086 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

He is not in my will. Everything in my will at the moment goes to my brother.


lisah - Aug 03, 2019 4:57:17 pm PDT #10087 of 30019
Punishingly Intricate

They were, lisah! Delaware, in fact, although MomMom was born and raised in West Virginia.

I think I knew that? That's where I'm from and knew lots of kids who used those names for their grandparents.


meara - Aug 03, 2019 5:05:42 pm PDT #10088 of 30019

My grandparents were just "grandma [first name]" and "grandpa [first name]" on both sides. But my older cousins called them grandma and grandpa [last name], whereas in my family, that referred to my great-grandmother (I think my dad grew up referring to her that way)


DebetEsse - Aug 03, 2019 9:32:47 pm PDT #10089 of 30019
Woe to the fucking wicked.

All of mine (4 grands and a great-grand) were Grandma/pa Lastname. That's what they've decided to go with (Although we're using first initials for signing with the baby, since V and H are very similar, but L/R and S/M are nicely sorted into similar sets).

It's real weird for me because "Grandma/Grandpa Lastname" do not yet automatically pull up the right person in my brain.


Theodosia - Aug 04, 2019 12:03:22 am PDT #10090 of 30019
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Wills are a whole lot easier when you only have nephews and a niece to leave things to, and they're all over 18 now, and four of them graduated college so far.


Sophia Brooks - Aug 04, 2019 3:12:44 am PDT #10091 of 30019
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

I should probably make a will just to make things easier for Maria when I die. I am the youngest person in my family aside from distant cousins and have no assets except life insurance (she is the beneficiary) and retirement savings. Once my debt is paid that doesn't leave much

I only had one set of grandparents and they were grandma and grandpa. My mom and her brothers and sisters referred to my grandma as Granny. They never called her a mother type name in my presence


Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 04, 2019 4:23:11 am PDT #10092 of 30019
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

I've held off making a will so far because Mom's my only immediate family member and both has access to my bank accounts and is named as the beneficiary of my 401k. In the unlikely event that I settle down, I'll have to make decisions about how to divide the $ up between her and my hypothetical partner.


dcp - Aug 04, 2019 5:37:38 am PDT #10093 of 30019
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

My few assets are non-estate assets, are not subject to probate, and have beneficiaries designated - which simplifies things.

The tedious part is keeping updated the list of recurring liabilities and the details which will be needed to cancel them. I don't do auto bill-pay, but some of the accounts and subscriptions do auto-renew annually.

For me, the really awkward one was the durable healthcare power of attorney.


Dana - Aug 04, 2019 6:35:38 am PDT #10094 of 30019
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

It helps to be a married couple with no kids, each of whom has one sibling. It makes wills pretty straightforward.

Did a little research prior to my first Botox appointment tomorrow, and have now successfully freaked myself out a little.