Monday, May 14, 2007

Should Never Have Explained Term Life to Him

We are in the car and somehow the conversation turns to death. Probably because someone threatened some other member of the family who is in the car with bodily injury which could result in death. (I can’t remember exactly, but that’s the most likely scenario).

I say, “Lucas, if I died, you’d totally cry at my funeral. I am your entire world after all. You’d totally lose it, man.”

“Sure Dad, whatever.”

Jonah pops up, “Well, we’d be sad, but we’d be a LOT MORE SAD, if Mom died.”

“...”

“But we’d be pretty happy about the life insurance if you died.”

Posted by Jon on 05/14/07 at 12:07 AM

  1. The husband unit and I have a running joke about who’s worth more dead.  He’s finally upped his insurance to the point where he’s winning, which is actually a great relief to me ;-)

    (my verification phrase is “police31”.  I hope that’s not portentious...)

    Posted by Jenna  on  05/14/07  at  08:49 AM

  2. LOL!!  Love the innocence of young children.  I think I would be in the same boat as you.  Mom would be missed more...mostly because she is with them so much and I’m...at work so that mom can stay with them.  But they don’t appreciate that yet.

    And yes, I we are worth more financially to them dead, but there is something about having a father around that is worth so much more than money.

    Posted by Sirdar  on  05/14/07  at  10:16 AM

  3. Small tip from a mother of an almost eighteen year old daughter… never, ever tell your children they are better off financially if you happen to up and croak!

    Posted by kellynerd  on  05/14/07  at  12:27 PM

  4. Yeah, small tactical error on my/our part.

    “We get HOW MUCH if you keel over?!?”

    Posted by jon  on  05/14/07  at  12:31 PM

  5. Good call Kelly!  As much as I love and trust my kids I would never tell them I was worth anything dead.  My 15 year old is hormonal and unstable at the best of times… all I need is to piss her off, have her konking me on the head in my sleep and running of the mall with her friends and the insurance money.

    But I would definately be the uber-missed one.

    Posted by the queen  on  05/15/07  at  06:57 AM

  6. y’know I really don think that a am surely enough to say yeah whatever. I am pretty sure a said something witty and sarcastic.

    Posted by Lucas  on  05/15/07  at  02:47 PM

  7. Oh my.  Gotta love those kids.  Seriously, it’s in the rules...or so I’ve been told.

    Posted by Kerstin  on  05/15/07  at  08:43 PM
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