Inspired by another thread. If you suddenly died.....

[Sleepy]

Would anyone from your message boards/internet friends know you had passed? I was sitting here thinking that NOBODY would know if I died. The internet is MY place separate from my husband. He does not know which websites I visit nor does he know my e-mail password, etc. I do share posts from this site through conversation, but he has no idea which website I am referring to nor does he know that I am "Sleepy". Is anyone else in this boat?

 

[Maleficent13]

My brother knows I post here and has a screenname himself, although he's rarely here unless he's planning a trip. I am sure he would say something when he thought of it, although it probably wouldn't be right away.

This actually inspired an interesting thought: I wonder if anyone has ever put a "notification" clause in their will...you know, something along the lines of "final wishes" to notify their friends on message boards. You'd think in this day and age, it'd have been done already.

 

[hugsquared]

First of all, yes, I would want people to know. But thats just me. Some folks are very private and deal with grief in all sorts of different ways. I think some keep it quiet becasue to "spread the word" makes it all too real to them and they're just not ready to deal with that for a while.
Also, my DH know what sites I visit, what my screen names are (trust me, there are only a few) and we know each others passwords. We've never felt the need to keep these things secret (and there's nothing wrong with doing that for those of you who do- I don't want to start off making people mad) so if anything happened to either one of us, we would know who to contact via the internet and how to get on there to do it. Thats something thats been discussed in our home as to "what to do in case of emergency". We both want the same things and having our friends-be it real life friends, or virtual friends-know is something we both want.

 

[Crankyshank]

Yes, my husband would let certain members know and I'm sure they would post it.

 

[slo]

It's so funny that you posted this, because I just told my DH that if something happened to me to post on here that I died or am in the hospital. He said that he would have other things to worry about if I died, like my funeral and taking care of our girls. But I made him promise me that he would post and he finally agreed that he would.

But, I'm hoping that I'm not going anywhere for a really long time.

 

[coliebird]

Nope, nobody would know.

 

[Stitchfans]

No way. As a matter of fact when I ended up in the hospital this past summer no one even noticed that I was missing for a while. Guess I am not very popular.

 

[Missy1961]

No one in my family knows my password, etc. They know I post here because I talk about it all the time, but that's all they know. And I doubt anyone here would miss me.

 

[Twinkles6892]

I'm sure my mom would post, or if God forbid something happened to both of us, SeaShelley would let you all know.

But you can't get rid of that easily! We're not going anywhere for a long time!

 

[Towncrier]

I'm sure that my daughter would post something. When I broke my ankle some months back, she immediately posted something on the DIS. I know that she would do the same if something more serious happened. If she didn't, I imagine that one of the other DISers in the area would post the news.

 

[r3ngels]

no one would know... DH knows I post but he wouldn't think to post anything... He thinks I am a little weird for spending so much time with all you people anyway But we all know he is the one with issues

 

[Nite0wl71]

My DH would think about it but wouldn't know how My DD just joined and I know she would.

 

[Sleepy]

Also, my DH know what sites I visit, what my screen names are (trust me, there are only a few) and we know each others passwords. We've never felt the need to keep these things secret (and there's nothing wrong with doing that for those of you who do- I don't want to start off making people mad)

I think you misunderstand. Not everyone is keeping a "secret" when they don't share info such as passwords, etc.

 

[helenabear]

My husband is registered here so he could post himself. He actually does to let a few friends know I've made my destination if I am traveling solo (they ask to find out ) He also knows my really close friends I talk to here on a regular basis. So he would at the very least call them and let them know. So yep, people would find out if anything bad did happen to me.

 

[Credit Man]

I think I would pass unnoticed. Kind of sad.

 

[Tinkim]

My DH doesn't use the computer much and doesn't know for sure the name of the board or my username/password. I doubt anyone here would notice if I was missing anyway.

 

[cardaway]

My posts would stop, people would cheer...

 

[inaminute]

My DH knows I post here, but I doubt he'd post anything.

Besides, I doubt anyone would even know I was missing!

 

[ziggystardust]

I also think no one would notice. The only one that knows I post here is my DBF, and if he thought to post about it, I doubt anyone would remember me.

 

[Marseeya]

DH and I have actually discussed this. He knows that I'd like him to tell my different message boards if anything happened to me, and I'd also like for him to post a message in my online journal as well. I've been keeping it for nearly 8 years now and have made some decent friends that way.

All my password & username info is stored right on my laptop, so it shouldn't be difficult for him to do.