A sobering thought

[gategrrl]

And my last post for the day, I swear!

I know this issue has come up on LJ (not with anyone I know in particular, but I have heard of this through other people); people die unexpectedly, or go into comas or medical traumas. It's the worst that can happen. So, how do you inform all the people you've grown to know on the internet, with whom that's the only way you've ever known them? There's not always someone who you know in Real Life who can help your online friends get the information about your passing. So what do you do?

This article goes into this issue, and lists three services that store information OR letters that go out to your online contacts.

Seriously something to think about.

Comments

[forcryinoutloud.livejournal.com]

I actually think about this quite frequently. :P My real life family and friends have NO idea about the sites I visit or the stuff I do online, or the people I talk to so they'd have no way of contacting anyone, even if they thought about doing so, which they probably wouldn't.

I like the idea of the website set up to send out notifications, but wouldn't be willing to pay $20/$30 a year for what could end up being another 30, 40 or 50 years. :P

[amycooper.livejournal.com]

Hmm...good thought. I know the Boy wouldn't have trouble logging into my lj account because I have it set so lj remembers me on my computer, but I'm not sure he'd think to do it. There are a couple of other places which I'm not sure he knows about and he definitely won't know how to log into them. He had a close friend who died just before Christmas last year, and she was my age. It was sudden, in a car accident. I should really think about and discuss these things with him.

[schmusimausi73.livejournal.com]

That's so morbid ;)

I admit I haven't given it a thought before but it's a good idea to have a plan in place, I guess my husband would tell my closest friends and they'd spread the news of my untimely demise further.
That said, I am planning on living at least until 60 ;)