It sucks to even have to think about money when someone dies, but it’s a reality. In my case, I’m inheriting full responsibility for a shitty, run-down old house that I need to maintain from here on out. You would expect that when a persons whole family dies over the course of 5 years or so, including an accidental death (re: double indemnity) that the beneficiary would be left with some considerable money. I know people who have had just one family member die, and been left with some seriously life altering amounts of cash. Well, it comes as no surprise to me that when the dust clears I will be left with little more than some new bills to pay. The money I’ll be left with from the insurance policies isn’t enough to improve even one room of this fucked up old house. It won’t be enough to clear my old debts and repair my credit, and it sure as shit won’t begin to do anything that involves “a new life”.
Like I said, it’s pretty much what I expected. But it really would have been nice to have just one pleasant surprise in this wretched existence, especially during such a fucked up time.
