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yasmina27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 09:16 PM Original message |
No funeral or other ritual? |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. It might depend on his sense of humor... |
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yasmina27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 09:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I've told him |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
2. If he believes death is the end he shouldn't care one way or the other. |
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yasmina27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 09:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. I've said that to him too. |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
3. I have threatened to come back as a ghost and haunt my husband if he has a funeral... |
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yasmina27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 09:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Yeah, he's said that too |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
5. I think you have to do what you can to persuade him |
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dawgmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
8. My BFF's family is like that |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
9. short answer: dead is dead |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 10:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Sometimes dead is better |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 01:18 PM Response to Reply #10 |
33. heh |
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yasmina27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 10:29 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I agree |
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curse of greyface (594 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
11. If he hasn't codified his wishes in a legal doc he is screwed. |
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yasmina27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 10:31 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. What kind of ramifications could there be? |
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curse of greyface (594 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 11:24 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. None... |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
14. If he doesn't believe in an afterlife, he won't know if you do it or not |
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davsand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
15. I used to joke that I wanted to be the bar for my final party. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 11:47 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. I never understand why people get angry with clergy in these situations. |
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davsand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 12:09 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. That family gave him NOTHING to work with and THAT is what pissed me off. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
16. Viewings are creepy. Who wants their last memory of somebody to be a waxy corpse? |
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vard28 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 11:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Delete dupe |
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vard28 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 11:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. My grandmother used to say |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 10:39 AM Response to Reply #16 |
43. My relatives do old-fashioned Midwestern funerals, and that means |
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Dangerously Amused (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
18. I think The Golden Rule applies. |
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Generic Brad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
22. Visitations and viewings are for the living |
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Joey Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
23. I also want no funeral |
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RFKHumphreyObama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 12:30 AM Response to Original message |
24. Personally I think you should respect his wishes |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 12:35 AM Response to Original message |
25. I believe in respecting wishes. |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
26. Humor him and say you won't do anything. |
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eyesroll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 12:56 AM Response to Original message |
27. In your shoes, I might have a memorial but I'd skip the viewing. |
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Truthiness Inspector (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
28. Respect his wishes |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 01:11 AM Response to Original message |
29. Atheist here. Non-believer in afterlife. |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
31. do like i did and donate the cadaver to a medical school |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
32. He'll be dead and won't have any power in the matter. I want to be cut up into tissue |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
34. I think you're right and that funerals are about the living left behind |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
35. if you don't respect his wishes when he is dead -- |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 03:26 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. And then there's that. |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 02:06 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. well....maybe |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
36. Tell him you are having a memorial for him, body or not. |
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dropkickpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
38. My orders to family: mulch |
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Sisaruus (703 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
39. My mother, still alive, already held her own funeral |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 04:37 AM Response to Original message |
41. You can't stop memorial services. Even when you're dead. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 05:06 AM Response to Original message |
42. work on getting him to a doctor, not agonizing over his future demise |
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siligut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
44. This is something I have kept to myself. |
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LibertyLover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
45. That's what my mom wanted |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
46. those are his wishes, i would fulfill them. |
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