Death

to be creamated or not to be creamated. what's you stance and why?

this past weekend was the funeral of my girlfriend's brother-in-law. 53, died wednesday of cancer. ate him up quick. 5 months tops! a real shame.

anyway, he is being creamated and it got me to thinking about having that done when i exit this world. i'm just on the fence about it. alot of people i know are going to be creamated when they die. so what's your opinion?

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Cremate me its cheaper and it takes less space

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They can have my organs, but after that I don't know what I want.

I'm claustrophobic - so the thought of a coffin makes me anxious. I also have a healthy fear of fire. My husband assures me that I won't mind, either way, when the time comes.

I'm just going to have to live forever.

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yeah, i am leaning more towards creamation. being taken out to sea on a beautiful sportfishing yacht and being free with the waves is sounding better. plus my first brittany, Spiller, his ashes can be tossed out with mine.

I should have decided this long ago, but still can't quite think about it. After talking with some relatives, of different faith than my own, it became clear to me that 'some' religions are not 'for' cremation, and they are comforted by the full-dress funeral, viewing of the body, followed by the wake. One relative remarked that viewing of the body was necessary for closure. ???????

I don't want that.....I mean, the viewing and the tears. It's too hard on the family! I would like those left behind to have a nice dinner with 'adult beverages' and laughter....and now that I'm really thinking about this, I think I'd want to be cremated. That was my mother's wish last year, and we carried the urn down the aisle of the Church, on a very impressive 'carrier' (for lack of what it's really called). Then there was a High Mass, followed by the cemetery service. It was less painful for us, and that was what my mother wanted.

Now I've got to make my decision known, darn it!

I have a really big fear of bodies in caskets (HATE viewings) so, I'd probably go with cremation. The thought of people staring at my dead body is just creepy and I don't like the idea of being enclosed in a box and buried. I'm slightly claustrophobic.

Funerals are for the living not the dead. You won't know anyway what they do to you once you take your last breath.

Both Hope and I will be cremated. I think the money people spend on funerals is just crazy. Burn me and have a party. But our ashes will be placed next to where y Mother is buried.

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I'm going to be cryogenically frozen.

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