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Funerals and Weddings, a waste of money.
March 2, 2015 at 3:12 pm
I think both are scams. Not that they exist but for what they have become, over priced symbols of narcissism. To me there is a huge difference between charging and gouging.
Moreso with funerals. I will tell everyone here when I die, just have a wake keep it cheap, use a house you don't have to pay for. A little on food and drink sure, and even have a roast of me if you wish. Donate my body to science.
But don't waste money on a casket or cremation. The money spent on that I would want people to use for their own lives. I'll be dead so I will have no way to enjoy what you do for me. I get the mourning part that is normal, but wasting money on it beyond getting together is superfluous.
Weddings are absurd too. All that money could be used for bills or a house or a car or savings. A wedding is one day, it is the relationship after that that matters.
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RE: Funerals and Weddings, a waste of money.
March 2, 2015 at 3:55 pm
Pretty much why should anyone go through a church to get married anyways because you know fuck them marriage is older than christianity and most religions.
You know what i am married now and for the wedding i am getting a carvel icecream cakes.
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RE: Funerals and Weddings, a waste of money.
March 2, 2015 at 3:59 pm
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I tell friends and family just to do what provides them comfort when I die. I would rather that they take the time to remember me occasionally(maybe with an alcoholic drink) rather than have a wake.
Burying a loved one is a very surreal experience. The mortician at my mom's funeral actually told us that he didn't advertise because he relied on return business. Um...okay. My sister and brother also wanted a casket in my mom's favorite color, light blue but mom was dead and didn't really give a damn what we did with her body.
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RE: Funerals and Weddings, a waste of money.
March 2, 2015 at 4:10 pm
This immediately brings to mind the scene in The Big Lebowski when Walter refuses to pay the ridiculous price for the urn for Donnie's ashes. The guy keeps saying, "It is our least costly receptacle." They end up putting Donnie's ashes in a coffee can. 
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RE: Funerals and Weddings, a waste of money.
March 2, 2015 at 4:21 pm
(March 2, 2015 at 4:10 pm)AFTT47 Wrote: This immediately brings to mind the scene in The Big Lebowski when Walter refuses to pay the ridiculous price for the urn for Donnie's ashes. The guy keeps saying, "It is our least costly receptacle." They end up putting Donnie's ashes in a coffee can.
If you did that to me how would I know? Like I said it would only piss my family and friends off, but I won't be around to feel or know a thing. If you follow my wishes that is for those who survive me, not me. It is the waste of money to me. Save it for yourself.
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RE: Funerals and Weddings, a waste of money.
March 2, 2015 at 5:03 pm
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Many weddings are ridiculous. I went to one about two years ago, and I can't even imagine what it must have cost. There was an open bar, a DJ, limousine...you name it, they had it. Personally, I wouldn't want to start a marriage in debt because of a lavish wedding. Mine and my wife's wedding cost around $700 - that is including her dress and my suit, a small reception, and feeding our guests. It's quite possible to have a reasonable wedding, but few people are opting for reasonable it seems.
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RE: Funerals and Weddings, a waste of money.
March 2, 2015 at 5:12 pm
(March 2, 2015 at 5:03 pm)Strider Wrote: Many weddings are ridiculous. I went to one about two years ago, and I can't even imagine what it must have cost. There was an open bar, a DJ, limousine...you name it, they had it. Personally, I wouldn't want to start a marriage in debt because of a lavish wedding. Mine and my wife's wedding cost around $700 - that is including her dress and my suit, a small reception, and feeding our guests. It's quite possible to have a reasonable wedding, but few people are opting for reasonable it seems.
I got you beat, my X and I did it with a judge and a few witnesses, cost of a wedding licence.
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RE: Funerals and Weddings, a waste of money.
March 2, 2015 at 5:24 pm
Many weddings are a waste of money, that is true. But there are also those people that have the money to waste. Then I say throw the party, I'll be there.
Also many funerals are payed for with the money of the one that died. And in many cases it is because that was how he or she wanted it, or because the heirs want to make a memorable farewell. I don't have any objection to that either.
But, yea, if you put yourself in debt for a funeral or wedding, then I believe you might be on the wrong track.
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RE: Funerals and Weddings, a waste of money.
March 2, 2015 at 5:34 pm
I don't see much going in spending much money for either. if I get married, just get the licence and have a small party for immediate family. When I die, donate anything that's useful to whoever will take it, then cremate the rest.
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RE: Funerals and Weddings, a waste of money.
March 2, 2015 at 5:50 pm
(March 2, 2015 at 5:12 pm)Brian37 Wrote: I got you beat, my X and I did it with a judge and a few witnesses, cost of a wedding licence. My hat is off to you. 
I didn't mind what we spent...but I'm normally a spendthrift who would have recoiled in horror at that amount of money. As corny as it may sound, I wanted an actual wedding and so did my wife. We both got what we wanted in a cost-effective way so I'm happy.
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