Dying Sucks for the Living

I am sure it was not great for the person who died either. However it really sucks for the living. They are left with dealing with the aftermath of death. There are the emotional issues which are not a lot of fun when everyone is living. It is even harder to deal with unresolved emotional issues once someone is dead. The death will also often open up new emotional issues that need to be dealt with. Not fun for anyone.

Then there is the actual cleaning up to do. This is the part where you actually have to go clean up the dead persons abode. You have to figure out what to do with the person's possessions and clean up in general. This is difficult on many levels. I don't like cleaning things as it is. Nor do I like going through other peoples things. Cleaning up and going through a dead person's things creeps me out. The emotional backlash is not fun either.

Then there all the legal issues and funeral expenses to deal with. Not everyone has the opportunity to clean their lives up and get everything in order and tie up loose ends before they die. Even people who know they are dying don't because the very act of getting prepared makes their death more real to them. It is as if they don't sign the paper work, get the insurance, up-date the will and everything else dealing with their death they will not die. It is a strange but true behavior often resulting in a real mess for the survivors. Not only do they have to deal with a loved one's death, they have a bunch of other unnecessary headaches to deal with when they are not emotionally their best.

So in a nutshell Dying sucks for the living.