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My SO will do alright, though I don't expect the laptop to fare well. Computer maintenance is my job. And I guarantee the all-in-one remote will never be used again. The fish tank is likely history. 5-10 years after I'm gone his clothes will probably be well-worn rags because he doesn't buy for himself, though he could theoretically get by wearing the stuff that's still unworn in his closet right now*, so that would hold him for a little while. My life insurance would provide for him and the girls long enough for him to get back into the work force. I wonder if he'd sell the house - we both like it, but it'd be a bitch to deal with solo and wrangle the family and a job.
If he checked out now, I'd be up shit creek in terms of work-load. I'd need to start paying the bills (I'd convert them all to online pay, I can tell you that), doing the laundry, buying the groceries, cooking weekday dinners, and line up child care. While I can run a lawn mower, I've never done it since we were married (can't have the neighbors see the wife cutting the grass for some reason). I don't know how to run the snow blower, but I don't suppose it's that hard.
*I've known three generations of men, and they've all been the same way about clothes. Never buy any for themselves. When they do get a new shirt, for instance as a father's day gift, it gets shoved in the drawer and the old threadbare shirts continue to be worn until they literally fall apart. It's not that there's anything wrong with the new shirt - it could be identical to the old shirts.
At first I thought it was a Grandpa thing. Then I learned my dad's the same way. And now, my spouse. I give up trying to understand it.
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