Who's gotten the "if the SHTF...I'm coming to your house"?

[monet861]

I just had this conversation at Easter with my family...they all said they would come to my house and I told them they would not be welcomed...I told them I would be glad to help them prepare and I got the "I cannot afford it saying"...then I told them you cannot afford not to....I got the "I got a gun so I will be ok" and I said I got a gun too and you won't be. There is no one who cannot go to dollar tree and at least buy a bag of beans and rice each week and a gallon of water. They are not going to be happy on their birthdays this year...I am going to give them a 5 gallon bucket packed with beans and rice...maybe I will dress it up and put them in mylar bags...

Sounds like the perfect gift, always fits. I need to get you to chat with my wife. Actually she's pretty good, almost always get Cabella's gift cards, they always fit too.

[maric]

I just had this conversation at Easter with my family...they all said they would come to my house and I told them they would not be welcomed...I told them I would be glad to help them prepare and I got the "I cannot afford it saying"...then I told them you cannot afford not to....I got the "I got a gun so I will be ok" and I said I got a gun too and you won't be. There is no one who cannot go to dollar tree and at least buy a bag of beans and rice each week and a gallon of water. They are not going to be happy on their birthdays this year...I am going to give them a 5 gallon bucket packed with beans and rice...maybe I will dress it up and put them in mylar bags...

Beans, Rice and Mylar bags? If only they knew how lucky they were! :)

[survivalcookie]

I just had this conversation at Easter with my family...they all said they would come to my house and I told them they would not be welcomed...I told them I would be glad to help them prepare and I got the "I cannot afford it saying"...then I told them you cannot afford not to....I got the "I got a gun so I will be ok" and I said I got a gun too and you won't be. There is no one who cannot go to dollar tree and at least buy a bag of beans and rice each week and a gallon of water. They are not going to be happy on their birthdays this year...I am going to give them a 5 gallon bucket packed with beans and rice...maybe I will dress it up and put them in mylar bags...

[TennOutdoors]

Ive had people say that to me LOL and had a few drop by after wading thru waist deep water to get to my place after a hurricane LOL.

other than a few friends most people dont know I prep. so those I dont mind, they have skills that can be useful.

what annoys me, how ever is the way so many people can just dismiss disasters with things like" oh a hurricane, here, its been 15 years or more since we had one." even though a tropical storm two years before had shut down the area for two or three weeks. I seriously dont get that.

Heck Id be happy if they just set up a small BOB and a weeks worth of Canned goods or MRE's. it would be something at any rate.

[Echo2]

I work in a small office (40 people) and have two friends there that are preppers. I was talking to one friend about our recent trip to the LDS cannery when the HR mgr walked up and invited herself into the conversation. She asked why we felt the need to go to the cannery and store food (She had no idea how much we store) I played it off and said that I like to have a few days food on hand in case of an ice storm and I can't get to the store, or the possibilty that the delivery trucks couldn't get to the stores and the shelves might get empty. A plausible concept even for someone with her head stuck in the sand, right?
Wrong.
Her reply was this: "That could never happen, there are laws in place that require the grocery stores to stay stocked" I swear that's what she said and I have my friend as a witness. My friends and I joke about it all of the time, but this is an "educated" woman in her 40's that honestly believes this.
Her parting words were.... You guessed it. "If it ever does happen, I coming to your house."

did you ask her to site the law?.......I think that statement brought down the collective IQ of the entire US......wow...

[maric]

I work in a small office (40 people) and have two friends there that are preppers. I was talking to one friend about our recent trip to the LDS cannery when the HR mgr walked up and invited herself into the conversation. She asked why we felt the need to go to the cannery and store food (She had no idea how much we store) I played it off and said that I like to have a few days food on hand in case of an ice storm and I can't get to the store, or the possibilty that the delivery trucks couldn't get to the stores and the shelves might get empty. A plausible concept even for someone with her head stuck in the sand, right?
Wrong.
Her reply was this: "That could never happen, there are laws in place that require the grocery stores to stay stocked" I swear that's what she said and I have my friend as a witness. My friends and I joke about it all of the time, but this is an "educated" woman in her 40's that honestly believes this.
Her parting words were.... You guessed it. "If it ever does happen, I coming to your house."

Its scary how many people do indeed think that way.. reminds me of the "Xtranormal" videos you see... lol.. where the characters are chatting.. and one character is incredibly ignorant, and just cant look past their "rose colored glasses"..

[mjbaker]

I just tell them go ahead and start building a house somewhere on the farm, It gets pretty cold and dark at night. That usually makes them quiet down.

[slowz1k]

I work in a small office (40 people) and have two friends there that are preppers. I was talking to one friend about our recent trip to the LDS cannery when the HR mgr walked up and invited herself into the conversation. She asked why we felt the need to go to the cannery and store food (She had no idea how much we store) I played it off and said that I like to have a few days food on hand in case of an ice storm and I can't get to the store, or the possibilty that the delivery trucks couldn't get to the stores and the shelves might get empty. A plausible concept even for someone with her head stuck in the sand, right?
Wrong.
Her reply was this: "That could never happen, there are laws in place that require the grocery stores to stay stocked" I swear that's what she said and I have my friend as a witness. My friends and I joke about it all of the time, but this is an "educated" woman in her 40's that honestly believes this.
Her parting words were.... You guessed it. "If it ever does happen, I coming to your house."

[monet861]

Leave the first couple of bodies out on the front lawn as a warning to all others...

I agree that a small family, such as mine would need help. I have a pink Cricket for my daughter, but it will be a few more years before she shoots it or even knows it exsists. My wife can shoot, but does not like anything bigger than .22lr. The family we have in the area do not prep, but have very similar views as I do toward govt and the men are mostly ex-military so they could probably join us. Of course they would have to bring whatever supplies they might have, but I know I would have to supply firearms & ammo.

[cj_002]

I've always thought of when the SHTF scenario happens, and maybe I find myself bunkering down in my home, I sure would like to post some good official looking "CAUTION! INFECTIOUS DISEASE" or "DANGEROUS! CONDEMENED BUILDING" signs on my property....might keep a few from inquiring further...

...and the shotgun is for the rest...

[cbprice797]

THREE CAN KEEP A SECRET, IF TWO ARE DEAD.

This is a quote by Benjamin Franklin. Keep it in mind when discussing your preps. Also try not to let your younger children know what you have because they will talk without realizing what they are doing.

[bcauz3y]

Wow, what a huge topic!!!

I think about this alot. I'm an opsec failure with my friends and family, and they all know I'm prepping.

I look at this in two ways.

First, I NEED some of them when the S truly does HTF. The reason is that I firmly believe that you cannot survive long term by yourself, or even with a small family like mine. For example: I cannot work my land by myself once the fuel runs out. I cannot watch over my property (food, women, children, equipment, etc) like I know would be required to protect it from looters. I need at least 3 grown, capable men that can work 10 hours on, 20 off, or some such schedule, that would allow for us to sleep, and work when we are not on watch.

3 or more men can really work well. If you are sieged by looters/robbers, you can have the violence of action to defend your area. You can lift heavy things, etc, etc, the list goes on forever. I actually have a small handful of friends that get together with me and practice offensive and defensive weapon drills. We don't want to be learning each other when the time comes.

But. And I mean a big but. If they aren't willing to pull their weight, and help us feed their families, then I don't want them on my property. The guys that are truly welcome, know who they are, and the rest will be turned away or shot. I hate it, but thats the reality of it.

I firmly believe that life will be much better with a few of your friends' and their families. We are planning accordingly.

[Recently_Awoken]

I get that from family and close friends all the time because they know my skills, background and that my house and land are remote. What is funny is they don't really know about my preps or supplies, if they only knew. I try to help them get ready but they all believe the government will always be there to help ( good luck with that ).

This will sound terrible and sad, but it's quite possible the government WILL help them out. And all they have to do for their weekly government rations is turn in another quota of known "hoarders" in the area. I'm inserting my opinion only here... if they already know about where you will be and even the possibility of SOME of what you'll have, it would probably much less of a risk to provide (even meager) staple preps for them now, and expect them over when TSHTF. I'm not saying your relatives/friends would turn you in for food. I'm not saying they wouldn't. I'm just saying... maybe plan to grease the wheels with a little food charity now, and a plan to put all arriving loafers to work growing/raising more food later (or defending yours who are). Doing so would keep them out of the government's clutches and keep you further off the radar screen.

Again, just my opinion. Absolutely no offense intended by my remarks.

RA

[prkchp76]

ass gas or now what was the other one hmmmmmmm memory going fer some reason yea wont be here either but umm good luck

[Lil Bear]

Have had family members tell me this when I bring up the fact that they had better be prepared. "I'll just come to your House!" and "I'll just shoot your azz if you don't bring your own supplies!" I told them to get off thier fat behinds and start getting busy. Both husband and wife are around 300 lbs or more. I am not going to feed them and thier lazy daughters. Thier son is a very hard worker- which is odd.