Although I wonder if this is fairly unique to baby boomers & most younger generations haven’t the spare cash or surety of where they live to indulge in tat buying?
I recently helped an enderly neighbour with this as it goes
Kind of a weird thing, helping her prepare for the final chapter in her life but I totally got her logic and it was kind of noble in it’s altruism I guess. I was impressed with her anyway.
This is a bit vague I know, but it would take a while to explain the whole backstory and I’m on mobile so maybe later
Several years ago, I said to my mother in frustration, “It would be a nightmare to have to deal with all this stuff if you died tomorrow.” She looked at me, stunned.
Probably could have broached the subject a little better.
I can imagine getting a bit over the top with this and just sitting in my house, two days after my 70th birthday, on my solitary chair, waiting to die.