I hadn't really thought of the insurance aspect of things. Some life insurance policies don't pay out on suicides. I don't know if that would affect things, but it might.

Listen, the financial impact on relatives IS a factor, whether you want to face the fact or not. I don't have the answer to the problem, but don't deny that it is a problem. Unless I completely lose my marbles when it comes time to close the door, I want the door to close all the way....not just part way and slowly get drug through the crack.

I've seen death both ways.....quicker is better, by far. Morphine and other drugs can keep you sucking oxygen without a coherant peep, but that isn't my idea of living.

I mercifully shot an old dog who went down with cancer and couldn't get up and was lying there crying. It was at night on a weekend. You tell me if I should have waited until a vet could make the trip out to give him the shot.
I think "No damn way" am I going to make my old friend wait. I patted him on the head, told him he was a good boy, and shot him. I cried like a baby and couldn't even talk to the wife for a while.....but I know it was right.
When it comes my time, I hope someone is around to do the same for me, or to allow me to "pull the trigger" if I am able.

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