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Message: <blockquote data-quote="cignus_pfaccari" data-source="post: 4787495" data-attributes="member: 14557">Mildly related...So, at my work one day a few years ago, we got this nifty new HR system where we could do all our stuff online.So, I'm setting up my benefits* and go to set up my beneficiaries, and the options are interesting.  I've got:  Children (childless so far as I know), spouse (single), domestic partner (see previous), other parent of my child (didn't I just say I was childless?), grandchild (again!), and that's it.So...my plan was to set my parents as beneficiaries, with my brother and my ex-gf as secondary beneficiaries...that way, in case an asteroid fell on Union County, KY during Thanksgiving, somebody would get something (as ex-gf doesn't do Thanksgiving and would be on the other side of the Appalachians).  But I had to put each person as "Other."So, I did that, and then called in to our benefits helpdesk and complained that the beneficiary relationships left something to be desired, especially for a company with a lot of young-ish people.  Lo and behold, the next year, there were many other options, like "brother" and "parent" and "friend" and "niece" and "cousin" et al.Brad* - Minimal life insurance, way extra AD&D, both for humor value and because while I don't have outstanding obligations greater than my annual salary or dependents to care for, if I'm disabled I'll probably appreciate a frakton of money.</blockquote>