Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Why I Might Live Forever
I know I'm going to live forever, and here is the proof.
Several times a month, I get them in the mail.
I get them from my credit union. From my other credit union. From AAA. From AARP.
"Statement of Acceptance We Invite You to Apply Today!" one says.
One even enclosed a free "Family Keepsake". It was a little pamphlet with facts that I could write down. Facts that could help the person charged with writing my eulogy.
Yes. All of these mailings are solicitations for life insurance.
They must think I am going to live forever.
At the very least, they must figure I'm not going to die anytime soon. I imagine they wouldn't make much of a profit if I did. And, if I never died, they would probably make a whole pile of money. One of these solicitations offered "term life" for only (only!) $158.50 a month.
One of the recent solicitations admitted I was going to die, because the insurance was for "final expenses". And they don't mean chocolate I will take into the afterlife, either.
I can remember this, going back years, many years. I remember my father, entering his "golden years", getting constant life insurance solicitations in the mail. There must be something about becoming a senior citizen (some would consider me one, already, at the advanced age of 62) that triggers these mailings.
But maybe they know something I don't know. In that sense, it's reassuring.
Perhaps I'll start worrying when the mailings stop.
Do you get these mailings, too?
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The other day I was invited to a free lunch where I could learn all about my future cremation. Ha
ReplyDeleteNow that's...thought provoking? I won't complain about life insurance mailings!
DeleteUgh-ugh-ugh! What I hate, Alana, is the invites from AARP. I started getting them in my early 40s and was heartily insulted at the time! Now they just make me laugh. I will never sign up for the "old people's club." Just watch me! Although I don't mind accepting the "senior discount" at the coffee shop, when the time comes . . . ;)
ReplyDeleteI don't use many of the senior discounts I'm entitled to, but I did use the AARP motel discounts as soon as I was eligible for them. When I retire and I don't have income coming in, I may feel different about using age to my advantage.
DeleteOh no. Is this what I've got to look forward to? Well, I like your stance about living forever. When the mailings stop- worry :)
ReplyDeleteOh, just wait and you'll see what you have looking forward to. And I don't know all of it yet, either.
DeleteYes, we do get these mailings, all the time and they go straight into the recycle bin for disposal. ☺
ReplyDeleteI shred them. Some of them become bedding for my worm bins. That is strangely appropriate.
DeleteNo mailings like that here in France, which is just as well! But a lot of senior discounts start at 60 -- I'm not there yet, but my husband is. However he ignores them.
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