Based on a post from my last question: would you even want to be reinstated as among the living if a bureaucratic screw up had wrongfully declared you dead?

I have considered doing just that.

Maybe. If I was younger, yes. It would be fun to start over, be someone else, live in another state and climate. I always wanted to move when I was young, but due to my mom’s health, I couldn’t leave her. But if she thought I was dead, I could have left without too much guilt. (A couple of my brothers could have stepped the hell up.) If I’m not mistaken, I think a person or two took advantage of 9/11 and left their life because there is no evidence those people’s remains were ever recovered from the site.

Not in my situation, but I can certainly think of various situations where someone might want to.

It’s not that uncommon that a person decides their life situation is undesirable, and being thought dead could help make a clean break.

Of course, especially in most of today’s countries, it would also present some challenges, since so many situations are set up to require some kind of ID.

I think you’re right, @chyna, I think 9/11 would have been an ideal situation.

Sure – if only to be able to vote next November!

Um, I want my social security and Medicare, so yes I want the government to know I’m alive.

I would assume the identity of someone who had no friends or family when they passed, and take possession of land, house, vehicle, everything.
Hopefully they have a phat bank account.

With no past history, I think it would be difficult to purchase a home, or car, or even possibly rent a place to live because there would be no credit history. Even the banks would be hesitant to take your money for deposit because you don’t exist. There’s probably a way around all that, but I’m not familiar with how to get it done. Since I prefer my life to be simple and easy, I think I’d opt to be on the “alive” list

No, I would have nothing to gain and a lot to lose in such situation.

@SEKA, the way around is to steal an identity. Preferably someone with good credit, and dead.

@Patty_Melt Stealing is wrong, so not an option for me. Of course, pretending to be dead is also wrong, so I guess I’d fight to prove that I was still alive. It would break my heart to discover that a loved one would rather pretend to be dead than spend another day with me, so I wouldn’t do it to those that I love

I didn’t try to talk you into anything. I was not even advocating. I merely gave you an around you stated you didn’t know one.

Yes, obviously being on the alive list works best for you.