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dropkickpa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-28-07 09:21 PM
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End of life question
Edited on Sat Jul-28-07 09:25 PM by dropkickpa
Have you made provisions for what your family would do with your "stuff" if you died suddenly? By stuff I mean dirty magazines, sex toys, erotic books, etc. I sometimes worry about what my mother would do if she found my rather large stash of stuff, or god forbid my dad or brothers. These are the types of things that worry me late at night.

Maybe I should make a pact with my ex-SIL to come clear that stuff out before my mom sees it.

Have you made provisions for this eventuality?

**edited to add - also, your porn collection?
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-28-07 09:23 PM
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1. Did you get this from "Coupling?"
Because the idea of 'porn buddies' is in the first show.
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dropkickpa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-28-07 09:25 PM
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3. Never saw it
Maybe I should give it a watch! Do they have a solution to this dilemma?
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-28-07 09:27 PM
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5. Yes. The characters have 'porn buddies'
They go through your stuff if you die and get all your porn out before your parents see it. And they keep it as a reward.
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dropkickpa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-28-07 09:28 PM
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7. What a fantastic idea!
I'm not sure how I'd feel about others using my toys, though!
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-28-07 09:44 PM
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13. !
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-28-07 10:18 PM
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16. I'm guessing that means you like the show...
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cynatnite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-28-07 09:23 PM
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2. No because my kids would expect it from me...
and my mother would shake her head then giggle.
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dropkickpa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-28-07 09:26 PM
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4. My mom would be horrified
she couldn't even be the one to give me "the talk". My poor dad was left to try to explain about periods and such.
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cynatnite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-28-07 09:28 PM
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6. My mom barely managed to tell me where babies came from...
and couldn't even get to the how they got there part. She's a RW nutjob who supports bush and thankfully she's relaxed over the years. Now, she accepts that her daughter is bleeding heart liberal who enjoys sex and doesn't mind saying so. :)
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dropkickpa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-28-07 09:32 PM
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9. LOL, my mom didn't even do that
Although, with 3 younger brothers I had an idea and my 2 older brothers had no problem telling me all the gory details of where babies come from. My mom will never be okay thinking or talking about sex openly. She won't even let my dad kiss her in public, never has. Very strict catholic upbringing (but all dems!!).
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w8liftinglady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-28-07 09:29 PM
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8. yes-I have a living will
as a nurse-seeing families struggle with these decisions-I have made it chrystal clear what my wishes are
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dropkickpa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-28-07 09:33 PM
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10. But who deals with your dirty stuff?
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w8liftinglady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-28-07 09:42 PM
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12. my oldest son is sole executor of my shitty estate
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fizzgig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-28-07 09:37 PM
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11. i don't really have much to worry about
but friends of mine have such pacts with each other should they die unexpectedly

and i don't know that my family would be all that shocked by what they found
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dropkickpa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-29-07 12:15 AM
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17. My brothers would just laugh
Dad would probably be understanding, he's been a playboy subscriber for 40 years. Mom would be disgusted.
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-28-07 09:46 PM
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14. Fortunately, I have none of that stuff.
If I die, I die. Why should I care who finds it? Or even plays with it; I have no diseases to spread and that's a badge of honor as far as I'm concerned.
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blogslut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-28-07 10:00 PM
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15. I am leaving
A can of gasoline and a box of matches. Burn it all.
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leeroysphitz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-29-07 12:30 AM
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18. Are you kidding? As a married male I can assure you that
my "stash" is safe and sound in a secure undisclosed location. Dead or alive nobody will EVER find it.

One day in the distant future alien archaeologists sifting through the ruins of Human civilization may find cryptic clues to the possible existence of my stash strange signs and portents pointing to different possible locations but like treasure hunters searching for the Arc of the Covenant or the Holy Grail they will eventually leave frustrated unable to ever locate it.

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dropkickpa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-29-07 12:32 AM
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19. I keep mine in my bedside cabinet
Of course, I'm not married!
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Roon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-29-07 11:32 AM
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20. Oh yeah, that's a big fear of mine
I have all that stuff. I don't want to get rid of it, but I hate to think my Mother and my Grandmother finding it. I am just going to hope that I don't die suddenly and get rid of the stuff as I get sicker.
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-29-07 11:51 AM
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21. i don't have anything that i would be ashamed of or that i think
would hurt anyone if i died: no porn stash, no other things that might be a problem.

i suppose my computer isn't vacuumed but it doesn't have anything "bad" on it either.

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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-29-07 12:15 PM
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22. I've thought about that
If my SO and I went out together in a flaming car wreck or something, our landlords would probably end up cleaning out the place since we have no nearby family.

As very conservative christians, I think it would do 'em some good. ;)
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