I know that this is a religious question for many people, but Mr. Bee and I are not religious.
I was surprised to find out recently that both my parents want to be cremated! Mr. Bee wants to be cremated too. I always thought I'd be buried so my kids could come visit me, but what's the point if my whole family is cremated?
Do you want to be buried or cremated after you die?
(sorry for the morbid question!)
cantaloupe / 6730 posts
Buried. But in an eco-bag, so that I'm good and decomposed. I think it's so creepy that that coffins are so airtight that you can open up 10 year old graves and the bodies are still juicy. I'd be cremated, but I hears that it releases a lot of pollutants.
hostess / wonderful apple seed / 16729 posts
I think I would rather be buried than cremated. If it was really expensive for my family, I would be okay with cremation.
persimmon / 1202 posts
I prefer cremation - it's MUCH cheaper, and so much land is used for dead bodies as is. I'd prefer a tree or park bench to a gravestone anyway - something USEFUL.
My husband wants a combination Viking funeral and Irish wake. XD
nectarine / 2163 posts
I would prefer cremation, but our religion "discourages" it, so I may not go that way. Otherwise I remember hearing of a burial method where they don't bury you in a coffin and plant a tree right over you, so basically you fertilize the tree. It's kinda creepy, and kinda nice at the same time.
Recently DH and I have been joking about whoever dies first having them cremated then compressed into a diamond to wear (a la http://www.lifegem.com/)
bananas / 9227 posts
I haven't decided yet, but I think people get cremated here and their ashes are buried afterwards. Burials are covered via taxes (everyone contributes) so going about it "their" way would be the easiest.
Part of me wants to be buried by a tree or something but I don't think that's allowed unless it's your property and if I croaked before DH, I don't want him to feel attached to the house because of me.
Another option would be to take my ashes back to my hometown but I think you need all sorts of clearances before you can do that.
I guess that answers your question then, I don't want to be buried. Maybe I'd will my ashes to be spread in the nearby lake. I love that place (he'd have to be sneaky, sneaky though ... it's illegal here).
GOLD / wonderful coffee bean / 18478 posts
I always thought buried but I'd really don't know for sure.
persimmon / 1453 posts
I thought about cremation for a while, but decided that burning up my body was a bit too hellfire for my tastes! I'd like to be buried naturally, like @Grace mentioned.
hostess / eggplant / 11068 posts
Buried. I keep having weird thoughts of my ashes being spilled in the most random places and I don't want to end up sprawled across a gas station parking lot. Buried safe and sound in the ground!
GOLD / wonderful grape / 20289 posts
@Mrs. Bee: They burried my grandpa's ashes, so we still go visit.
I want to be buried. Cremation creeps me out. As does those things where you get put in the wall. My other grandpa is in one of those. I want to be buried in the ground.
blogger / watermelon / 14218 posts
Honestly, whatever's cheaper!! Funerals are so crazy expensive. I'd probably want to be buried in the ground no matter what though. And I would never want an open casket funeral. Those just freak me out so so so much.
wonderful olive / 19353 posts
I'd want to be buried. Death was one thing that scared me sh!tless as a kid. The fear that I won't be able to achieve all my goals and be forever forgotten on this earth. I'll miss out on all the advancements, etc. Now that I'm older, I'm a little better about it and don't have an anxiety/panic attack, but it still uber creeps me out.
pomegranate / 3008 posts
My husband wants to be buried. I want to be cremated. And I do not want my ashes spread anywhere special or put in a wall.
GOLD / wonderful olive / 19030 posts
I beleive buried, but if we decided to go cremation, we will still have a headstone for our families to visit. That seems to be tradition around here.
clementine / 878 posts
Cremated, but I haven't decided what I want done with my ashes yet. Burial seriously creeps me out (bugs, decomposition, etc. - ick!) and in 50 years, there really wouldn't be anyone left to "visit" my grave and I'd hate to just be a waste of space.
honeydew / 7230 posts
My grandparents were cremated and their cremains are buried in a cemetery with headstones and everything. So you could have the best of both worlds @Mrs. Bee!
We're not religious either and I do not want to be buried. I'd like my body to be used as a cadaver/for scientific purposes, but I've never looked into it so I don't know if they only take certain people?
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