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...and, no, I don't mean a condom in your wallet.
Mrs. Loaf's Aunt is in dire condition, she has cancer, is 82 years old, and has no will. No power of attorney. No burial reserve account to pay for the funeral. No authorized signer for her checking account.
Plus, she lives in a housing complex where she is the grain of salt in the pepper shaker. Really nice place to go at night, provided you're packing a M4 carbine. In an apartment that is FULL of junk accumulated over the years. You know the type, pathways to walk, every chair and table covered with stuff.
And, the best, part, she's is still working for the US Goverment (although she has been on sick leave for over a month).
At 82.
Her boyfriend died over 30 years ago, so she is alone, we think her work became the husband and children she never had, and she won't let it go.
Which means, no Medicare. No retirement.
Sooo...if she dies without a will, and it sure looks that way, this is going to be a total cluster "f" that my wife wants no part of. BTDT already with her Mom, but at least she had a will, but nothing else in place.
We were there to see her a few weeks ago, and BEGGED her to get a will, give power of attorney, authorize a signer for her checking account, open a burial reserve account. She said she'd think about it.
My brother lives 5 minutes away, and he and his wife have gone above and beyond helping her, but they have their lives, too. They are at their wits end.
It's nursing home time, and nothing is in place.
And, all Aunt Ginny is wooried about is going back to work.
I know, facing your own mortality is tough, and she claims she wants my wife and my wife's cousin (the only 2 of the family that helped her over the years) to get her estate. We are not being greedy either. We told her to give it to her Church and/or the local cat adoption/rescue shelter. We don't really need it. But to PLEASE get it on paper and get the will notarized.
But, if this goes off as I am afraid it will, my POS father in law will get it, as a direct survivor, if there is no will. He will get to decide where she is buried. She wants to be buried with her boyfriend. I'm sure numbnuts will want to plant her in the family plot here in PA.
My wife has not spoken to her father since her Mom's funeral, when her dad did not even show up for the services. What a thoughful guy.
So, you can imagine the joy that fills my heart when I think of having to deal with my F-I-L.
Moral of the story -
PLAN AHEAD.
"the future's uncertain and the end is always near" - The Doors
Mrs. Loaf's Aunt is in dire condition, she has cancer, is 82 years old, and has no will. No power of attorney. No burial reserve account to pay for the funeral. No authorized signer for her checking account.
Plus, she lives in a housing complex where she is the grain of salt in the pepper shaker. Really nice place to go at night, provided you're packing a M4 carbine. In an apartment that is FULL of junk accumulated over the years. You know the type, pathways to walk, every chair and table covered with stuff.
And, the best, part, she's is still working for the US Goverment (although she has been on sick leave for over a month).
At 82.
Her boyfriend died over 30 years ago, so she is alone, we think her work became the husband and children she never had, and she won't let it go.
Which means, no Medicare. No retirement.
Sooo...if she dies without a will, and it sure looks that way, this is going to be a total cluster "f" that my wife wants no part of. BTDT already with her Mom, but at least she had a will, but nothing else in place.
We were there to see her a few weeks ago, and BEGGED her to get a will, give power of attorney, authorize a signer for her checking account, open a burial reserve account. She said she'd think about it.
My brother lives 5 minutes away, and he and his wife have gone above and beyond helping her, but they have their lives, too. They are at their wits end.
It's nursing home time, and nothing is in place.
And, all Aunt Ginny is wooried about is going back to work.
I know, facing your own mortality is tough, and she claims she wants my wife and my wife's cousin (the only 2 of the family that helped her over the years) to get her estate. We are not being greedy either. We told her to give it to her Church and/or the local cat adoption/rescue shelter. We don't really need it. But to PLEASE get it on paper and get the will notarized.
But, if this goes off as I am afraid it will, my POS father in law will get it, as a direct survivor, if there is no will. He will get to decide where she is buried. She wants to be buried with her boyfriend. I'm sure numbnuts will want to plant her in the family plot here in PA.
My wife has not spoken to her father since her Mom's funeral, when her dad did not even show up for the services. What a thoughful guy.
So, you can imagine the joy that fills my heart when I think of having to deal with my F-I-L.
Moral of the story -
PLAN AHEAD.
"the future's uncertain and the end is always near" - The Doors
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then shoot'em. (could use the money)
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