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[Thaluikhain]

Nawwwwww...

[Mez]

My parents always tell me joyfully that they want to be cremated. That makes me sad. I know it's silly and a waste of space to be buried, but a sentimental part of me would prefer to know that they are at least still physically here, as weird as that sounds...

Read a book by Jefferson Bass.  It may put you off the thought of keeping your parents physically "here" under the ground - they won't be.  They will rot, maggots and beetles will feed on their remains, which actually don't last long unless they're embalmed, and even then ... nasty stuff.

My best friend told me in no uncertain terms she didn't want a funeral, but I said "You won't be able to do anything about it because you'll be dead.  Funerals are for the living."  We had a funeral, and a wake, then she was cremated.  I dug her "cremains" under the standard rose I was given when my mum died, but the rose died in the drought.

I don't know what the above story proves.  At least her ashes are still in my garden.

[Thaluikhain]

Even if they do rot and all, they are still there, just more spread around the inside of the coffin.

[Monsieur Blond]

Yeah, my parents also say they don't want funerals and want everyone to be happy. Screw that. I am going to damn well cry my eyes out, thanks.

I just don't want to think of anyone as going from a living, breathing, amazing human being, to a pile of ash. Or a rotting mess, I guess. Sigh.

[Nick 2]

Dont ever buy a pet

[Monsieur Blond]

I have/have had many pets. Two of my rabbits died from heat stroke. Two of my budgies died from heat stroke. My old dog was put down and is buried somewhere in our back yard, probably with the other pets too, I assume. As much as I love them, they're pets. It's not the same as a human!

However, I will be super sad when my current dog eventually dies, because I picked him out as a puppy, so I have a more special bond with him.

I don't want to think about any of it. Maybe I should just stop posting in this thread!

[Chromefox]

My cats both, and my grandmother, are all under trees in my yard.

[grooviechickie]

Pet Cemetary vs Poltergeist.

[Pinball Neil]

Sematary if we're being pedantic.

[Pinball Neil]

 * about maintaining mispellings in 'art'

[grooviechickie]

Oh yeah, that's right.  Was there a reason? I read it about 25 years ago.

[Pinball Neil]

I think it was how the kid spelt it.

[Invisible Friend.]

I only really had one pet. A bird. Called Hedwig. And I pretty much died when she died. I was not really allowed to have pets due to emotional stress of death. We do have two family dogs who are getting old though.

[Monsieur Blond]

I get sad when my fish die. I have these delicate little fish called panda corys, and four of them have died for no reason. I have two left, and they're going strong. Scooping their dead little bodies out is horrible. Especially when they're half-eaten. VOMIT/TEARS.

[Mez]

I was not really allowed to have pets due to emotional stress of death.

Then you were over-protected.  When our family cat died, Mr Mez took the (then little) girls out while I buried him and planted a tree on top, but when they got home all they wanted to do was dig him up and look at a dead cat.  They have seen a dead person.  Death is almost as common as birth; you need to accept that it happens.