Containment What will happen when Barb dies?

DeeCeeBees said:
Glad I decided to join up after pouring over the CWCki. This was one of my burning questions. My speculation ran the gamut of thinking that Chris might stuff a deceased Barb into a chest freezer and not say anything to keep collecting her pension to having the cheapest funeral possible while trying to maintain residence at Branchland for as long as possible. I used to work for a funeral home as a mortician. The perpetually broke had very little choice but to turn their loved ones to ash. It wasn't until GoFundMe became a thing that we started to move away from the constant cremations. I wonder if Chris will have an e-beg for Barb's final wishes or if that e-beg will be specifically focused on him keeping his house or buying legos.
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More than likely, Barb will just slowly start to die and Chris will call an ambulance where she'll be taken to a hospital to die, like Bob. It's not like people just instantly drop dead like a bird, I don't know why so many users here are convinced Barb will die in her house (unless The Hoard decides to consume her like how so many other hoarders meet their fate).

And yeah, you can bet Chris will be begging hard, because he'll know he's fiscally already dead. He thinks life is hard without Bob, imagine the shock after Barb dies, because you just know he has never considered it, or actively blocked out the thought. Hell, you'd think he would actually be kind of excited at the prospect of owning his own place, picking out shitty apartments he can afford and turn into his very own toy palace where he doesn't have to scream at his mother and vicious animals. Too late now, he's far too gone.
 
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The Fool said:
More than likely, Barb will just slowly start to die and Chris will call an ambulance where she'll be taken to a hospital to die, like Bob. It's not like people just instantly drop dead like a bird, I don't know why so many users here are convinced Barb will die in her house (unless The Hoard decides to consume her like how so many other hoarders meet their fate).

And yeah, you can bet Chris will be begging hard, because he'll know he's fiscally already dead. He thinks life is hard without Bob, imagine the shock after Barb dies, because you just know he has never considered it, or actively blocked out the thought. Hell, you'd think he would actually be kind of excited at the prospect of owning his own place, picking out shitty apartments he can afford and turn into his very own toy palace where he doesn't have to scream at his mother and vicious animals. Too late now, he's far too gone.
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The cheapest cremation we had at the funeral home I worked at was about $850. For that you got the cremation and a flimsy metal container with the deceased's name written on the little tag in Sharpie marker. And home death isn't all that unusual. Before my stint with the funeral home I did work part time for a restoration company that cleaned up properties that had experienced overflowed plumbing, fires, crimes and home deaths. A majority were meth lab cleanups but a good chunk of them were dying in the bathroom or some other location. And unbelieveably, several of those were when someone else lived in the house. (This was down south by the way.) The other tenants were kind of indifferent about the whole thing like it was the most natural thing in the world to leave your dead dad lying in his bed for a few weeks.

But enough about the doom and gloom of Barb's pending demise. Being fairly new I have been learning about everything from White Knights to Weens. I get the idea that several folks have trying to counsel Chris on the future. How receptive has Chris been? You would think that after Bob died that the finality of everyone's mortality would have sunk in. I have elderly parents and I am their executor. Thankfully, they have everything planned out to the final detail and that relieves quite a bit of burden off my shoulders. Personally, I think this will be Barb's last "Fuck You" to Chris and she'll up and croak under a pile of dogs and cats on a Sunday afternoon.
 
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DeeCeeBees said:
The cheapest cremation we had at the funeral home I worked at was about $850. For that you got the cremation and a flimsy metal container with the deceased's name written on the little tag in Sharpie marker. And home death isn't all that unusual. Before my stint with the funeral home I did work part time for a restoration company that cleaned up properties that had experienced overflowed plumbing, fires, crimes and home deaths. A majority were meth lab cleanups but a good chunk of them were dying in the bathroom or some other location. And unbelieveably, several of those were when someone else lived in the house. (This was down south by the way.) The other tenants were kind of indifferent about the whole thing like it was the most natural thing in the world to leave your dead dad lying in his bed for a few weeks.

But enough about the doom and gloom of Barb's pending demise. Being fairly new I have been learning about everything from White Knights to I HAVE AUTISM PLEASE LAUGH AT ME. I get the idea that several folks have trying to counsel Chris on the future. How receptive has Chris been? You would think that after Bob died that the finality of everyone's mortality would have sunk in. I have elderly parents and I am their executor. Thankfully, they have everything planned out to the final detail and that relieves quite a bit of burden off my shoulders. Personally, I think this will be Barb's last "Fuck You" to Chris and she'll up and croak under a pile of dogs and cats on a Sunday afternoon.
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Chris doesn't think far ahead. He's too enamored by his make-believe fantasies to ever accept adult responsibility. There was a point years ago during his date with Emily, which Chris brought along his father, and Bob stated that he raised Chris for a lot of years and that Chris should start looking out for him. Chris' response was that Bob should obligated to be taking care of him. Chris was in his mid 20s at the time.
 
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DeeCeeBees said:
The cheapest cremation we had at the funeral home I worked at was about $850. For that you got the cremation and a flimsy metal container with the deceased's name written on the little tag in Sharpie marker. And home death isn't all that unusual. Before my stint with the funeral home I did work part time for a restoration company that cleaned up properties that had experienced overflowed plumbing, fires, crimes and home deaths. A majority were meth lab cleanups but a good chunk of them were dying in the bathroom or some other location. And unbelieveably, several of those were when someone else lived in the house. (This was down south by the way.) The other tenants were kind of indifferent about the whole thing like it was the most natural thing in the world to leave your dead dad lying in his bed for a few weeks.

But enough about the doom and gloom of Barb's pending demise. Being fairly new I have been learning about everything from White Knights to I HAVE AUTISM PLEASE LAUGH AT ME. I get the idea that several folks have trying to counsel Chris on the future. How receptive has Chris been? You would think that after Bob died that the finality of everyone's mortality would have sunk in. I have elderly parents and I am their executor. Thankfully, they have everything planned out to the final detail and that relieves quite a bit of burden off my shoulders. Personally, I think this will be Barb's last "Fuck You" to Chris and she'll up and croak under a pile of dogs and cats on a Sunday afternoon.
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He has been not receptive in the slightest. People have tried their asses off with detailed, feasible plans only for him to blow raspberries, deny everything, and claim that he will have unlimited wealth in CWCville vErY So0n when the merge completes. Everyone always gets rudely blown off, and so now the general consensus is "fuck it."
 
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DeeCeeBees said:
Thanks for your input, folks. I guess it will just be a wait and see type of affair. Not that I'm looking forward to anyone's death. And it's no one's responsibility to try to "fix" Chris's predicament. My curiosity is in the speculation because just when you think something is not possible, you get your mind blown.
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a lot of his asspaters often argue on his behalf that he's a "child." If that's their case, then Barb should have been a better parent, and she and to a lesser extent Bob, have been half-assing raising Chris for all of his life. I would say why give this "child" a license to drive? Why give Chris adult opportunities with subpar results (college and work)?

Back on topic: From what I know Bob had it planned so that he and Barb would be buried together. In terms of Chris thinking of his own mortality: He thinks he's a goddess. Leave him to his "fate."
 
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a lot of his asspaters often argue on his behalf that he's a "child." If that's their case, then Barb should have been a better parent, and she and to a lesser extent Bob, have been half-assing raising Chris for all of his life. I would say why give this "child" a license to drive? Why give Chris adult opportunities with subpar results (college and work)?

Back on topic: From what I know Bob had it planned so that he and Barb would be buried together. In terms of Chris thinking of his own mortality: He thinks he's a goddess. Leave him to his "fate."
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So does that mean that the plot and casket and arrangements are already paid for? Lots of folks do this. My parents did this too. They picked out their own caskets and bought their plots in the spot they wanted. They opted out of flowers and such since it's a waste of money. I don't know much about Bob except for what is in the CWCki. He sounds like he might have been a fairly intelligent man and if he pre-paid for Barbs arrangements then that would unburden Chris from having to part with any Lego tugboat to plant Barb in the ground. But like I said, I worked in the funeral biz for a while. Some people have shitty children. I recall one set of adult kids that sold their parents plots back to the Cemetery and their caskets back to to the funeral home (they died within a day of each other).
 
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DeeCeeBees said:
So does that mean that the plot and casket and arrangements are already paid for? Lots of folks do this. My parents did this too. They picked out their own caskets and bought their plots in the spot they wanted. They opted out of flowers and such since it's a waste of money. I don't know much about Bob except for what is in the CWCki. He sounds like he might have been a fairly intelligent man and if he pre-paid for Barbs arrangements then that would unburden Chris from having to part with any Lego tugboat to plant Barb in the ground. But like I said, I worked in the funeral biz for a while. Some people have shitty children. I recall one set of adult kids that sold their parents plots back to the Cemetery and their caskets back to to the funeral home (they died within a day of each other).
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From what I know, yes Bob paid for the plot, but wanted to be cremated, so barb as well.
If Chris knew of this, without his paypigs, he would most likely do that to get some extra cash.
 
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DeeCeeBees said:
So does that mean that the plot and casket and arrangements are already paid for? Lots of folks do this. My parents did this too. They picked out their own caskets and bought their plots in the spot they wanted.
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She gets the other slot in the columbarium. The plaque is already engraved.
 
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Never forget Chris' health. He has autism and on average, people with autism die at 36 years old. So, he is already living on borrowed time.
 
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Never forget Chris' health. He has autism and on average, people with autism die at 36 years old. So, he is already living on borrowed time.
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I could be wrong here but I believe people with Austim/severe mental illness rarely live past their late 40's/early 50's
 
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Never forget Chris' health. He has autism and on average, people with autism die at 36 years old. So, he is already living on borrowed time.
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Yes, but this is due to accidents and such; autism itself doesn't impact life expectancy. If Chris keeps being a shut-in he'll have less exposure to possible accidents. As long as Barb is alive he doesn't have to leave his house and go into the dangerous world.
 
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Yes, but this is due to accidents and such; autism itself doesn't impact life expectancy. If Chris keeps being a shut-in he'll have less exposure to possible accidents. As long as Barb is alive he doesn't have to leave his house and go into the dangerous world.
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If anything, the hoard will catch fire... again.
 
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If anything, the hoard will catch fire... again.
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That's true. If Chris does go before Barb, that's the most likely way in my opinion. Chris's room is on the second floor and Barb spends most of her time on the first if I remember correctly.
 
I'm gonna take the road less travelled and say chris's life could get better when barb dies.

Now obviously from a financial standpoint there's alot of unanswered questions. How will chris afford to live on only ssi, where will he live once 14 branchland ct gets foreclosed on. Chris's existence depends on solving these issues.

That being said if he can move in with a w-een or maybe get into assisted housing i think his life would vastly improve.

Barb has easily been the most toxic element in chris's life. Every fuck up, mistake and trolling episode lays at the feet of barb chandler. Her coddling and enabling has created the monster you see before you. Every obsession, belief, bad habit and personality flaw is thanks to her. Of course bob deserves some blame as does chris. But barb more than anything has led to the autistic, shut in mess that is chrischan.

Without barb constantly mothering over him i think chris may have a shot at a social life. He often says his mother monitors and controls his actions. Worse still barbs manipulative control of chris creates this co-dependant need for one another.

With barb gone chris can finally be in control of his own life. For better or worse. Wether that turns out well is an entirely different factor.
 
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