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Morbid poll
When you die, do you want to be buried or cremated? (or some other option I am not thinking of?)
If buried, where? why?
If cremated, why? What do you want done with your ashes?
Re: Morbid poll
I actually don't know what I would want. I always thought I'd be buried in a cemetary, but I hae no idea where I would want to be buried. Certainly not my hometown.
But the idea of being creamted and having my ashes spread somewhere is growing on me. Maybe an airplane over a snow covered mountain. I do know I do NOT want my ashes in a urn on the mantel or in a necklace for someone to wear around their neck.
Joe and I go over and over about this. I want to be buried in Ft. Worth... God willing that is where we will be living when I pass so that Lo and Joe are able to visit me.
Joe says I should be buried where he is... But I don't feel if we are still here that this place would be my final resting place.
He's wishy washy and says he wants to be cremated and thrown over Bob Hall Pier. Thennnnnnn
turns around and says he wants his full military burial. Jesus I want to punch him in his throat at times. But I love him.
I always thought I would just be buried "normally". But my mom has always told us she wants to be cremated... And in the last year or so, both of my grandparents on her side passed away and they were both cremated. The remains were put in urns and they were buried next to a gravestone. I kind of preferred that- instead of seeing a body in a casket, they put up a really nice picture, and my last memory isn't looking at the body, or even a casket.
Dave and I haven't really talked about it but I'm starting to lean more towards being cremated... I've heard it's cheaper too. I'm not sure if that's true, I'd have to ask my mom.
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I thought about this a lot when david's gpa died. His modest funeral cost 13K. nothing big or extravagent, that was the bare minimum and they had already had a plot so there was that cost also that it happened.
If you are cremated and want a funeral you can rent a casket for the visitation/wake. You may be cremated in a pine box or a cardboard one (cardboard is free)
I agree with the donation to science/organ donor. I don't want someone spending upwards of 15k on my burial/death. I have no attachment of that as an ending at all.
Definitely buried. But not in the ground. I want to be in a mausoleum or something like that.
Where. I donno. Probably Virginia but that's mostly because I'll probably still be living here. It doesn't really matter though, I guess close to wherever my family is so they'll visit.
I don't know. I think I'd rather be cremated because burying people is bad for the environment.
DH's mom has made it clear that she wants to be cremated. However, DH and SIL have a huge problem with that idea (although neither are the cemetery visiting kind) and want her to be buried. It's a pretty hot topic in their family.
I know that I definitely want to be cremated, I just don't know what I want to happen after that. My dad wanted to be cremated and then have his ashes buried, so we followed his wishes and did that. I visit his grave all. the. time. So I think I'd want something like that for people to visit if they wish. I know that has helped me a lot.
I shouldn't have to worry about costs though, because I've worked for a life insurance company for the past 6 years, so I have more than enough life insurance, haha.
Cremated most definitely because:
1. Monetary, its too costly to have a funeral, the service, and everything else. Celebrate my life, not mourn it.
2. Donate the organs to science as well, maybe the good parts that are still left of me can help someone else.
3. Spread my ashes somewhere meaningful to Eric & I, it could be anywhere like where we had our first date (along Laguna Beach), where got married, or even in the backyard of our home. Or put me in the garden somewhere, I'll fertilize my children's gardens, too...something organic for me.
Whatever can be donated will be donated. Whatever is left, I guess cremation. I have a terrible fear of waking up in a casket so I can't imagine being buried. ::shivers::