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Yep. I have a lawyer who did my Will for me. That's why I hate when people assume they'll live until their old.

Please.

People of ALL ages die everyday. My dad passed when he was only 42, my cousin at 31, my friend's baby at 10days old.

Being healthy doesn't mean you'll live forever. Accidents happen all the time.

I'm in healthcare and one of the most tragic things is that people don't make these plans or have these conversations with their loved ones earlier when they are healthy and mentally sound. We see lots of battles that involved court cases and ethics committees. I made it a point to talk to my parents about what they want to happen if they are incapacitated. As for me, I know I don't want to be on life support if my prognosis is poor. I wouldn't mind to be cremated, but I will have funds put aside should they want to bury me. I kind of want to leave that open. I seriously don't care after I die whether I'm reduced to ashes or laid in the ground. Whichever is easier for my loved ones. My DH adamantly wants to be buried.

My husband always says he wants to be cremated because he hates the idea of spending a fortune to rot in the ground. I told him he'll be dead and won't have a say in the matter and I will bury him anyways because I can't stand the idea of shoving my husband's body into a fire and turning him into ashes. It reminds me of the way the Jews were treated during the Holocaust. Of course, I'll honor his wishes but even if he's cremated I want him to have a headstone at the cemetery where I will be buried so our kids will have a place to visit us together. Oh and there's absolutely no way his ashes will sit in a vase in our house. They will be spread out on farm ground somewhere, hopefully land we will own someday.

I would like my body to be donated to a university/medical school for future doctors to practice with. After that, I want to be cremated and my ashes spread by my husband/family at all the places that were significant to us (like the place we were engaged, and married, the mountain we climbed on our honeymoon, etc. DH wants the same.

I have no interest in a proper funeral...I want a big, happy wake, though....somewhere for my loved ones to gather and share happy memories about my life.

I want my loved ones to remember me through pictures and memories...I don't want a headstone (especially since there would be no body there).

we've discussed it but nothing written down. i know my hubby doesn't want to be put on life support. i told him the same but he said he'll keep me around.... in tubes and all. lol. yeah right. i know i want our kids to go to my bro. he wants them to go to his parents. his parents are way too old to handle twins. we'll see. we do need to finalize things though.

this might be a weird question..but how does one go about setting up a will? just check out the yellow pages and choose a lawyer?

we were discussing this topic this morning (thanks to this thread!) and will probably set one up before baby is born. But I'm a little scared of the process. How much does setting up a will run you?