I wouldn't plan for two. Do you even have children?

 

No, I would never turn them away, and they would never turn me away if it were reversed. I hope that they can make it home. I'm preparing the best that I can. I worry that if things get too bad they won't be able to get here.

 

No I would not turn my family away. None are prepping. They don't believe this could happen. Only I do. While I have a small place, I have stocked, supplied and bought lots of heritage seeds as well. Live game, well etc. They maybe sleeping in tents, but I won't turn them away. I could use the help too! :thumb:
I agree with Sharonipa, I'm more worried about them waiting too long and not being able to make it here from the southern states.

 

No I would not turn them away, It is my responsibility to prepare for me and mine, Family is essential. It would not be a free ride though, everyone works somehow.

 

I will draw the line at cousins 4 times removed on my mother's side though.

 

What kind of person would turn away their children and parents and let them starve ?

 

you don't know my kids they were raised by their mother. I got to see them 52 days a year.

 

I would not turn my close family away.

 

Turn 'em away? I'm prepping for them.

They don't know (though my mother-in-law does, she's a depression baby and GETS IT).

 

The best plan. If they can't or won't show up, then you are that much better off stock wise, if they do, you have it covered.

 

I won't turn my family away, that is my chance to say "I told you so."

 

That is one of the very few good things about a major TEO...

I caught my wife rolling her eyes just about an hour ago:thumb:

 

(1) If you didn't plan for family - especially parents and children, you are (A) a terrible child and (B) a terrible parent.

(2) Groups are better than lone wolfs - even with a spouse on the side.

(3) How can you "prepare" and not prepare for family? Maybe if you had no family - but at that point, you shoudl be making friends so that you have a group.

I know that I have one set of parents and a brother in law as well as two friends on the short list. We could also have a sister in law, a sister, my parents, a cousin, up to three grandparents, a neighbor and wife with two kids, an uncle and aunt, their two kids, and possibly others on a long list (it would take a great deal of time for many of them to get here).

The sign of mature preps is that, while OPSEC is still important, they are no longer anti-social. You need preps that allow you to continue on in society - be that family, friends, or neighbors.

 

Only person I would trun away was my brothers wife, and I already told him that. She is just using him as a paycheck to be baby daddy(not his kid) to her kid until she gets through with school and will kick him to the curb, other then that I am planning for my family even though they are not on board with everything.

 

My brother married a woman who is a HUGE drama queen. When she walks into a room everything has to revolve around her. It's not just her personality that would make me not take her in. She would destroy any group cohesion, she does already. Most people try to leave the room when they see her coming. It would be better for her not to come anyway because I'd give the family 10 days and she would probably disappear in the night and this mysterious mound of dirt at the edge of the farm would appear. It's safer for her to face marauders on the street.

As to answer the question, I have more than enough for my family and they are more prepared than I am. I can't comprehend it being anything but helpful to take them in...except for my SIL, of course.

 

We don't have children, but our parents and nieces/nephews can definitely come in with us. Our siblings is another story: My sister doesn't believe in prepping and believes it's better to die than survive. My sis in-law spends all of her money and then takes more from my father in-law that is starting to suffer from Alzheimers and spends it on vacations, furniture....etc. She has said many times that she will just come to our place when shtf. My wife has already told her that the kids can come but she either pitches in for preps or starts to prep herself and we can then combine our preps but their is NO FREE RIDE. We drive old used cars, work two jobs and scrimp and save for everything we have, including our preps and I will not just hand them to someone that is lazy and has a feeling of entitlement just because they are family.

We believe in helping the helpless and those that don't know any better, but not someone that laughs at what we do and then expects to reap what we have sown.

 

Couldnt agree more!

 

Prepare for all your family, you may not be able to tell them what you are doing and why but, when it all falls apart your closest will be taken care of.

 

I would take in my kids and parents without hesitation. Actually we have already assumed we would. I'd probably take in my brothers and sisters and their kids but that's about as far as I'd go. No cousins and definitely no in-laws of my siblings. I will make an exception for my sister in-law as she is recently single and pretty darn hot!

Now if we were really in a wrol situation and there was a major die off and extended family made it to my house I would not object to them moving into a vacated neighbors house with the understanding that the only way they are getting food is to trade it for labor, security patrol or whatever other tasks I need them to do. No freeloaders will be allowed with no exceptions.

 

I don't live near my family, 1000+ miles plus, and yes I'd turn some of them away. They are free-loading, Obama loving, leaches on society and ****ing lazy. Call me heartless, but my preps are to prepare for MY household. The family that is working and saving, I'd let stay.

 

I'm planning on 25.

If there's more than 5 others here... They better bring cots, and if they want something nicer than beans and rice... They better preposition or bring it.

 

Deff a great question.

Really makes you think when someone asks you a question like that. Id say as long as you gave them a task/job to help out the community you have formed then yea come on in and as long as they continue to contribute. However that being said i believe you wont survive by dishing out your preps to people that are not going to help contribute weather before or after SHTF.

 

For consideration:

I see "obligations" as being vertical…

Parents (unfortunately for us they have passed on for both of us) who helped establish our current position

Children (who will eventually inherit, and if the fertilizer has NOT yet hit the fan will be stuck when I start drolling and babbling (more than today) which includes the families of the children.

I do not see an "obligation" to siblings, whom I consider to have had an obligation toward parents, and then to their own children.

 

If they brought cake -- they stay --

 

After 7 yrs my family still can't find my house (3 hrs away) without their GPS. I have made a few hints about them having a paper map and making it to my house if the SHTF. Don't know if I would have enough but I would make due with what we had.

 

If the SHTF my kids have been invited to go to their father's cabin near the middle of no where Saskatchewan, MY kids will ensure I go as well, because I have knowledge they don't that just may keep them alive even if their father's new wife doesn't approve of my atheism

 

my family lives about 10 hours away. If they made it here I would make room for them. I doubt they would come my way though, I have always been the black sheep of the family. My one brother would probably go with his wife to her family, they have a farm that is closer. Since he is the favorite, my other brother and parents would follow him. I don't know my sister-in-laws family so I don't know if they would let my family stay...I guess we would just have to play it by ear...They are not into the prepping thing and would probably wait to get out of dodge and would never make to the one place much less here.

 

I would turn some of them away but they know who they are and wouldn't show up to begin with. The family I love would be welcomed with open arms.

 

No, I don't turn family away. Now the good news. Almost all my close family members are educated in engineering or sciences so they bring valuable skills to the retreat. While not preppers they do have some assets they would bring unless it was a pure panic bug out. I'm a strong believer that it will take communities of people to rebuild and provide security during the rebuild. I'm more than happy to have the help.

 

Close family should not be judged for that they bring to a disaster.

Close family should be judged for what they bring to your entire life.

 

I would never turn away family. My wife and I have made a point to involve several other members of our families, though her family chooses to be ignorant. We have made a point to still involve them in our plans, just in case we can help.