(July 26, 2017 at 3:16 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Apart from donation, I never did understand why anyone would care about what happened to their own dead body. I mean, you're gonna be dead anyway... why not allow your loved ones who are still alive to do whatever will give them the most closure/peace?
Funerals are for the living, not the dead. I am not against the idea, but the cost of the average funeral if you are going to be buried is a fucking scam. Once that box goes in the ground nobody will see it, you will rot, and the box itself will not stay pristine in any case.
My mom paid for her own cremation years ago and even though I still payed for the flowers and cards and food at her memorial, that was far cheaper. And that was her choice and she wanted it that way. Very thoughtful and pragmatic on her part. She knew that after she died the money would be better spent by me paying my bills or in a savings account. I am really thankful for her pragmatism.
Even with weddings, like funerals seems like a waste of money on one day when it can be used for practical things like utility bills, mortgage, rent education.
Now again, I am not saying don't do either, I am just objecting to the outrageous cost of it. Those things don't have to be expensive one bit. It is not what you spend on those things, but the family time and the connection in those personal events.
