Real Life Death

I hadn't given it a thought but, since you mention it, I don;t care how many prims the coffin has as long as it's cheap. Alive or dead, I'm a big believer in not wasting money. A 1-prim bin liner will do for me - sculptie, of course

In my "instruction" booklet....(an addition to the will).....added last year, that one certain person in SL is to be notified. I did not leave access info to my personal account, because that might be too revealing for a family member. There is a secret phrase to relay to my friend for verification., through email, then he will follow up in SL. (There are tons of other things you need to add to your booklet, btw.)

He and I have already swapped a deal on this, so same for him. We each have a list of our closest friends, that will be contacted. We talked about whether or not this was important, and if it would hurt anyone, and if it was an ego thing for us....but decided that it was the human thing to do, considering how close some of our relationships are, and decided it would be irresponsible on our parts, if we didn't. We keep each other posted on whether or not we feel a "spell" coming on, and might leave for good. If that's the case, we identify someone else to keep our notification list. I think it helps to work this kind of arrangement out with someone who has similar philosophies about friends and life and SL.

Might be some glitches in the plan. But you can't exactly do a trial-run.

Same applies to RL relationships (although the people in SL, that would be contacted, are RL relationships, as far as I'm concerned - just clarifying).....but because of the Internet, most of us have a very broad spattering of friends all over the world. Some of them have made more of an impression in our lives, than those we lay eyes on every other day.

Last year, I received that kind of notice from a friend's family.....and as awful as it was.....it meant the world, that they were so thoughtful. Something to be said for that.

My husband says things like that. 'cremate, throw on floor, vacuum up'. Ugh. Don't spend the money on a dead guy, he says. Well buddy, news flash, it's not your money any more, it's mine. If you're so worried about the money I will write you a check for the balance of your estate and throw it in the fire with you. Funerals are closure for those still here, not for the deceased. My dad was a funeral director and we had this argument til the day he died. He hated funerals and wanted no part of it. I told him it is for me for closure, he said I'd have to find some other way. In the end I honored his wishes, but still don't like that.

You'd know it was for real if it was a lawyer or LL that contacted you about the person's death, I'd think. That, plus an otherwise unexplained sudden absence from SL.

People do grow to care about each other via SL even people we might think of as casual friends. I've had people inquire after me after I've taken breaks from SL a while or gotten busy. They sounded worried.

I wouldn't just 'go' without at least putting something in my profile, not if I could help it. Not for more than a month, at least. (I can imagine times in life when one might be called to a RL hospital bedside or other emergency and forget to log in.)

I'm dead.

I just haven't accepted it yet.