The biggest question in life we all have to answer is what are you going to do with the time you’ve got? For most of us, the question is an abstract one, considering we don’t know exactly how much time we have. But for one young girl on Reddit, she unfortunately does, and sadly, it isn’t long.
A 22-year-old Redditor explained that she has bone cancer that has spread throughout her entire body. She weathered the storm for two years, did chemo, and had even lost her leg. And then the treatment suddenly stopped working. She was given weeks to a few months to live and decided she was going to make the most of it by maxing out her credit cards.
The young woman claims as someone without a home or a car (and only £2000, or about $2,700 US) in the bank, the debt will die with her, so she unapologetically bought a lot of things for her family, which was mostly sentimental stuff with her handwriting on them. She also got herself “fancy” crab at a seafood place and donated a lot to animal shelters and food banks as well as the charities that helped her with her battle.
Overall, people were very supportive of the young woman, saying she has every right to live the rest of her days in as much comfort and joy as possible. In fact, they encouraged her to take out more.
In most cases in the US and the UK, the concept of debt dying with a person makes sense. Unsecured debt such as credit cards does not get passed down, and creditors can only seek payment from the estate (meaning homes, cash, or investments) that are left behind. None of which this cancer patient has.
Although she may not have long, she can make the most of what she has while she can. Hopefully that makes the end a bit more peaceful.
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