Legal crap sucks

I was going to save this post for F-U Friday; a grand idea from Matter of Fact Mommy but my annoyance is just overpowering me right now. Today I spoke with our lawyer handling our will. Gosh, do you believe I have been talking about this nonsense for like a year now? You'd think that we had a billion dollar estate or something.

Anywho, I call to clarify a few legal phases with him because so sorry to say but I did not attend LAW school and phrases like "the issue of a deceased child surviving me shall take per stirpes (sounds like herpes) the share the parent would have taken had she or he survived me." Excuse me? WTF? "Deceased child surviving me?" Is that an oxymoron? Yes, I am confused (or retarded). Now, I am sorry to show you this out of context but I was confused either way. So I ask him, "okay, what are we saying here?" He then tells me to flip to the back of the document (a whole 15 pages later) and look up the definitions. He says, "that's why they are there."

Thanks, jerkie, I already looked in the back and the definitions are just as confusing; otherwise, I wouldn't be wasting your precious time.

He sighs and then goes on to tell me this means that should one of my children die (DON'T even say that!) that their share would go to their children, should they have any. I understand, so we are talking very long-term here. I guess I wasn't thinking about my 4 and 1 year old's future children...yet. Still, the wording couldn't be more stupid. And I hate words like bequeath and hereunder and sentences that run on, and on, and on....urgh!