Originally Posted by
rumrunn6
go get 'm tiger, but get a road bike
they'l be there when you get home. you can't take care of anyone until you take care of yourself
buy term life insurance though, $100K per person plus per house so 4 kids, wife and house that's $600K
:-) :-)
+100 on this. My wife had some doubts about my bike commuting when my son was born... all she could think about was "that one driver..."
This became a non-issue when I went to work for a company that granted me some nice stock options with an interesting death clause... If I died, the options automatically vested. Suddenly she was OK with my bike commuting.
As much as we want to consider ourselves invincible out on the road (or whatever) the fact is, "stuff happens." Make sure you're covered and tell her that the exercise will keep you around longer.
You may want to check with HR... perhaps they have a policy available... that's what I did when I worked for other companies... and I always made sure that I had enough insurance to cover the house and then some (like the 100K per person mentioned). It wasn't that much on a company life insurance policy... maybe $15 more a month out of the paycheck. Well worth the peace of mind.