Skans » 07 Dec 2023, 9:51 am » wrote: ↑ I need to leave some instructions somewhere that says this:
1. Never ever put me in a nursing home or assisted living. If you waste my money or yours on this, you're an idiot who deserves to be penniless.
2. If I can't take care of myself, just let me die. If its too painful for you to watch me dying, then GO DO SOMETHING ELSE!
3. When I'm old as **** and my time is short, I may wonder off and get struck by a truck - that's my choice and not your responsibility. I may go on the hike of my life and end up dead in some thick mountain forest somewhere - I HAD FUN! I may wreck my motorcycle and end up a mangled mess (I'll try not to hurt others, though) - just know it was my own choosing.
4. If I don't want to eat, then I'm probably dying. Don't feel sorry for me, WE ALL DIE.
5. If I'm old as F- and dying, don't take me to the hospital. Hospitals never, ever cure old people.
6. If I'm in one of those wheel-around beds at home, just make sure I'm outside as I take my final breath, unless its snowing or raining and my family won't hang out outside with me - I mean, use your common sense on this!
Put that paperwork next to your will!.
Seriously, ask questions of your parents and siblings if your have any. It's not an easy discussion.
I come from one of those families that talking about money was taboo. Someday I'll make a post about coming home after 40 years and being bitch slapped by reality.