Does your husband or boyfriend have a plan for the zombie apocalypse?

[Anonymous]

We're nerdy Tolkien fans with a teen DD and a young adult DS, and no, we have never met anyone who had actual plans for a zombie apocalypse.

I think your daughter just made a sweeping statement

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just asked my son if he had a plan and he said, “To die in the first week.”

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[Anonymous]

I'm not too far from Fort Detrick, a large military base so I thought we should go there to be safe. But the consensus of the family is, that Fort Detrick is likely where the zombies will be coming from. So there goes my plan. We are doomed.

[Anonymous]

Haha, our family of 5 has had a joint plan for years, further honed after watching the Last of Us. And we’re always fine tuning our zombie apocalypse team based on who we know with specialized skills.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DH and my teenage son were having an argument this morning about whether Tolkien’s wizards are a different kind of species, like angels, or whether they are human beings who have achieved powers through books and training. This is a fairly typical conversation in our house. I turned to DD (14) and said, “I’m sorry, but you are never going to marry someone who doesn’t have an opinion on the ‘grandfather paradox’ or a plan for the zombie apocalypse.”
She responded, “Mom, I have never met a boy who didn’t have a plan for the zombie apocalypse.” She says this isn’t just the boys she knows, but that it’s normal and transcends nerd culture.

So, ladies of DCUM, is DD just attracted to men like her brothers and father, or, as she contests, does every man and adolescent boy have a plan for when zombies take over the earth?

Mine believes in most powerful alien a.k.a. God so he is neither expecting zombies nor preparing for them. Only watches these movies for fun.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DH and my teenage son were having an argument this morning about whether Tolkien’s wizards are a different kind of species, like angels, or whether they are human beings who have achieved powers through books and training. This is a fairly typical conversation in our house. I turned to DD (14) and said, “I’m sorry, but you are never going to marry someone who doesn’t have an opinion on the ‘grandfather paradox’ or a plan for the zombie apocalypse.”
She responded, “Mom, I have never met a boy who didn’t have a plan for the zombie apocalypse.” She says this isn’t just the boys she knows, but that it’s normal and transcends nerd culture.

So, ladies of DCUM, is DD just attracted to men like her brothers and father, or, as she contests, does every man and adolescent boy have a plan for when zombies take over the earth?

Mine believes in most powerful alien a.k.a. God so he is neither expecting zombies nor preparing for them. Only watches these movies for fun.

I mean God died and then he came back to life. So, I guess that technically….

[Anonymous]

How do you not have your own plan? the 2 items nearest to you besides your phone and 1 item from your garage are all you can take with you to fight. What are you bringing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How do you not have your own plan? the 2 items nearest to you besides your phone and 1 item from your garage are all you can take with you to fight. What are you bringing?

Ha! I probably should! I’m pretty sure that DH would consider me a weak link and abandon me early on.

[Anonymous]

Ugh is this some social media brain rot?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ugh is this some social media brain rot?

No. This pre-dates social media.

[Anonymous]

Our house is set up on a hill and we have a lookout window that DH used to joke would be where he set up shop to watch for zombies. We've also had silly conversations about which of our friends we would want to team up with and whose house would be best to hide out in.

Other than that? No, no actual plans. DH knows I have zero desire to try to live in a post apocalyptic/zombie world.

[Anonymous]

I am a woman and think about the zombie apocalypse waaaaaay too often. Of course now it feels like we're veering towards a an actual political apocalypse, so there's that. I'd much prefer to deal with flesh eating zombies.

[Anonymous]

I joke with friends about who I'll ask to join my zombie apocalypse army. Certain people have certain useful skills. People get really into it. We're ridiculous but the world kind of sucks right now and I'll take levity wherever I can find it.

[Anonymous]

Our home is terrible for this and we'll have to flee quickly or we'll be trapped by the roads and have a long long walk to get to open roads.

As wild as it might be, you can use the zombie apocalypse as a basis for an actual emergency plan:

1. How will you communicate, especially if the internet goes down
2. Where should the family gather immediately and then where to head to, what alternate places,
3. Prep bug out bags, what's critical
4. How will you pay for things if the internet is down

[Anonymous]

I have some land with a simple cabin about a 3 hours drive away. I also have a large, rugged canvas tent in case we need to change location. About 2 years of mountain house meals for a family of four, they last about 30 years. Supplies and kit to sustain for a while. I'm also a hunter (bow, and rifle) and know how to butcher game. Among my firearms I have a 50 BMG sniper rifle (barrett). This thing can amputate limbs at a distance.