What do you want to be remembered for?
 

The "Claim to Fame" thread got me thinking. When I am gone, how do I want to be described?

I told my child if someone said "He really loved Porsche" it would be an indicator that said person completely missed what I am about. Yes, I do love the Porsches I have owned. But Porsches are a means to an end. They are fun. Ultimately, I love having fun.

Mostly, I really enjoy a select set of people. My family and some friends. They mean everything to me.

And I love nature.

And dogs.

And I love DIY and am pretty good at it.

And I love sellling / problem solving. It is how I have made my living.


This is opposed to the WORST memorial I ever heard. "John was a good provider." They said this three times and nothing else positive. John had a lousy memorial.

What do you want to be remembered for?

Helping others while having fun. On the flip side I will be remembered as a harsh critic of stupidity. I'm like Speeder in that respect. In fact, I think we are quite a bit alike. I doubt he'll agree.

Being remembered for something isn't important to me. I've led a pretty low level life in terms of memorable achievements, but always tried to broadcast some semblance of positivity around me. Nothing to do with religion. I've always tried to be a helpful, carring person who tried to promote good feelings among people I've interacted with without being intrusive in their lives. While working in education, I had lots of positive feedback from students and many kept in touch afterwards to discuss situations and directions of their lives. Leaving whatever general good I can in my wake is good enough for me. I'm going to tell my wife not to notify people when I'm gone, just let them know when they try to contact me.

I think I have been a good provider/husband/father and not been a burden on society . Always willing to help others when asked . That's it in a nut shell . I realize I can't control what others think and really don't want to . There's an old saying that goes something like " it's not what you do when others are around , it's what you do when no one is around " . I'd like to think I act the same in front of an audience as well as by myself . I am a product of my parents .............. I'd like to think they did a damn good job :D

Being a good dad.

Who gives a schit? (And I don't mean it in an ugly way towards the OP--this is a good, thought provoking question.) But am I living my life for me? Or for some sort of legacy?

Interesting thread, and something to think about.
I enjoy/appreciate your posts and sharing of your knowledge and experience. I feel like you try to help folks when you can based on your presence on the board. I am a bit younger, but completely understand your proclivity to be a harsh critic of stupidity. I share that trait to some extent. There are times that I embrace it, although, I'm not sure that it's the best/healthiest way to be. I try to temper it some, although I'm probably not very good at it.
That doesn't sound like a bad way to go. Spreading positivity and touching lives in a positive way is a good way to go through life, IMO.

As long as my family thinks fondly of me after I'm gone and feels that I made a positive difference/contribution to their lives, I'll be content. If anyone other than my family has any similar feelings, that's great too.

I will be remembered for being an owl....

Who :D?

The only people who know me well enough for me to care how they remember me are the members of my family. Extended family will probably say something like, "He really made something of himself." My son will say, "He always supported me, no matter what I wanted to do."
Everyone else has only seen fragmented parts of my life. Their memory of me will be based on what they saw at the time, some will be bad, some will be good.

I'd prefer to be forgotten (no green font) :D

Well, you won't be.

Hell, people don't want to remember me while I am alive, they will be happy I'm gone..

Byron somewhere on your tombstone it will have to say you were open to trades 😁

I'd like to be remembered as being frank and ernest but I'll always be Greg the wise ass

When I'm dead...it really doesn't matter to me.

Being immortal.

Being cool.....

Obviously from my "claim to fame" post, I have survived damned near everything that most people will never encounter, and I did it with a sense of humor, and a "suck it up buttercup" attitude.

I love being out in nature, so my wife, friends, and I enjoy going hiking, biking, kayaking, and just cutting firewood on a sunny Winter day.

I find my groove in home projects, and DIY mechanical projects, and have designed/built multiple attachments for my garden tractors, and ATVs.

I am a very stable person that is happily content with what I have (wife of 32 years, 2 grown kids, a nice farm with animals), and not out there prowling for new.

That is you, Marv. I have never met you in person but that is the exact sense I get from reading your posts over the years..

I can tell you what you won't be remember for: Paragraphs:D

For me it all revolves around what I learned early from my parents. They were both honest, forthright and kind as well as very stalwart. They had perspective but wouldn't be dicked with.

When my mother died the funeral was a bit much, more people than I could have imagined. My Mother was the head of the local ASPCA, a real estate broker and helped in a wide variety of endeavors.

The common refrain as spoken to me at her funeral was, from people I had never met, "she helped me find an apartment when I was desperate, a better place when I could afford it, a house when I got married...she always treated me like I mattered."

That is the key.

My Father was exactly the same. He wanted zero fanfare when he died so there was none....I was the Executor and complied. Cremated, notice in two papers and a quick interment at West Point. Family only.

I received hundreds of emails from former colleagues and friends.

Overarching theme: "Your father was a good man. He mattered to me, helped me."

That is the key.

Do that.

On-line I will be quickly forgotten. Never really known for that matter.

To the people that know me, I want to be remembered as a good husband and father.
As someone who showed God's love to others in all that I did.

I couldn't give a rip about how I'm remembered when dead.
It's what you are known for when alive that matters.

Some will say that how we are remembered here on earth after we die is what heaven and hell are all about.

Disco Stud

I would like to be remembered for ...

2 minutes ;)

Everyone's entitled to their opinion(s), but the above is rubbish, if you're going to use anything close to the traditional Christian concepts of Heaven and Hell.

Heaven and Hell aren't defined in an American Idol fashion. There are plenty of people who do lead wonderful, caring, giving, pious lives in obscurity. On the flip side, there are others who are completely horrible people yet are somehow famous and well-loved by society. Any number of current celebrities (i.e. athletes/actors/performers) would likely qualify. It's not how you are remembered. It's what you did and how you led your life that counts.

And no one remembers them? I find that hard to believe.

Pretty sure there is strong correlation between how you lived your life and how you are remembered.

Like Early_S_Man and Grady Clay, a whole bunch here will be remembered as long as the site exists.

I've had the unique experience of finding out who would care if I died and who wouldn't. Guessing similar to finding out how you're remembered when you're gone :confused:

Moral of my story is....

You've no idea how you'll be remembered when your gone until you're gone :)

Most people you know will step up by being there for your family and a few won't but you don't know who ;)

Don't worry about it as you'll be dead if you stay dead so it won't matter to you :D

If you don't stay dead then the best advice I can offer is,
Treasure the people who stepped up and keep them close to you forever. Don't let anyone that didn't step up get you down or eat away at your thoughts, just remember them as someone you used to know ;)

Damn Paul. Raggin on my composition style again! I think the group here is unique. Lots of us have been giving and taking on here for a long time, and sadly some great people aren't here to do that any more. This seems to be just the right forum for a lot of people.

I remember telling a young cop he had enough seniority to be on day shift, get off the night shift. He replied: I want to work nights just to watch you talk to people that don't like you..........

I think I'll be remembered for my playlist, LOL. I mean it. The stuff that I've done will be part of the lost history of the community when I'm gone. They won't miss me at all, but they will miss the stuff that I do now.

Other than being a great Dad and Grand Dad I think I may well be remembered by some for my ability to help women explore their endless supply of orgasm.

Good husband, provider, exemplary father and hard worker, and funny!

Flatbutt for the win. Two above.

I wonder if Hitler ever gave this any thought. If so, did he wish to be remembered as the most evil human to have ever lived?

What do you want to be remembered for?

Never ending a sentence with a preposition. ;)

the wife says my tombstone will read "he spent a lot of time playing with dogs".

Teaching my wife to dance in the shower.

Didn't the Stones do "The Higgins' Shuffle" :D?