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| Yes | 37% | 71 votes | Total: 193 votes | |
| No | 63% | 122 votes |
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You don't always have a choice. When someone you love dies, the world doesn't stop. If that person was the household financial leader; the bill payer, the one that put in effect...read more
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The sad truth is that people who are grieving have no choice but to make financial decisions. It's the way life is. Fortunately, many people pre-pay for their funerals and tak...read more
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Yes. As a person who has unfortunately experienced loss both very personal and not so personal, and very close as well. I must say that in such circumstances, finances are impor...read more
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by Carol Dunn
People who are grieving must make financial decisions. Grief is part of life. Our humanity is defined by our ability to grieve over losses. At the same time, we must continue t...read more
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by Candy Jules
Life gives us no guarantees as to how and when we might be struck with tragedy. It can be from a long term illness, or an accident that takes life instantly. We just never know....read more
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by Alice Heart
Yes, the person most likely suffering of heartache from having lost a loved one, is probably the person who will most likely be particular in closing the financial aspects of th...read more
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by Linda Corby
Just because someone is grieving doesn't mean that they don't still have all their faculties. It makes no sense to automatically presume that they have lost the ability to think...read more
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The custom of having to make monumental decisions for a loved one immediately after their death is, in my opinion, one of the very worst we continue to adhere to in our culture....read more
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I was just talking to my sisters about this very subject of making financial decisions during the immediate time of loss and grief and how so many people are taken advantage of ...read more
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by Rammy
A grieving person is similar to a lost child. How can we possibly expect a lost child to make financial decisions, let alone any decision. I know this because I recently lost my...read more
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I would advise a definite NO. A person who has lost a loved Will be grieving heavily and the quality of this grief can only be understood a person who has undergone this experie...read more
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