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[quote=Anonymous]A friend of mine had a similar complaint about 10 years ago- "I traveled to Canada to see my parents for Christmas and they wanted to talk about their wills and death arrangements!" He found it morbid, but having lost my father 2 years prior (who left very detailed instructions as to what to do upon his death, thank goodness), I told him they did that not because they think they're dying or want to be morbid. They did it because they want everything to go smoothly for their children- they want them to know where things are, what lawyer to call, if there are funeral trusts, etc etc. We don't make the best decisions/ have the best judgement in times of crisis or emergency, so it is infinitely helpful to know what the first/ next steps are if a parent dies. I was completely unprepared, and would have been lost at sea had my father not spelled it out (he lived in a different state, I didn't know where his bank accounts were, who his lawyer was, etc etc and wouldn't have, unless he told me).[/quote]

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