A card board box would suit me fine.Why do funeral directors charge so much for funerals these days.Surely it cant be justified.I worry that [god forbid] if someone close to me dies,I wont be able to afford a funeral.And I wouldnt want my family to go into debt to bury me either.
Someone asked in a newspaper 'how can people charge £900 for a coffin when you can get a wardrobe from ikea for £40'?
What do you think??
2007-04-20 12:07:58 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Sad.....I'd be happy with that!
2007-04-20 12:13:46 · update #1
These funeral directors know that we live in an age where a good send of (meaning giving them lots of money) Equates that they were thought alot of. And probably play on that. Youve all seen the heart renching horse drawn carriges that normally carry children and so it goes on. the bigger is seen as the better, what we need to let people know is that its not what you spend on something thats going to decompose its what the person meant thats important and you do that by donating to a charity of your choice. If i died, that charity would happen to be my family. The donations would go to a family holiday where the rest could laze on a beach and get pissed if they want and have a good time. I would be very happy and gladly have a cardboard box with that. I dont want people to be sad and spend money on **** when im dead. they can give it me now.. I want a mortgage..
2007-04-20 12:20:03 · answer #1 · answered by nitenurse 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You don't owe them anything- especially a visit into a hostile crowd who have already made their feelings and ignorance known. You don't owe grandma anything either - she was equally hurtful, and you can make peace or not with her in your own way, on your own turf. Your family - your husband and children- are the only ones you need to answer to now. They love and support you, as family should. Protect them and yourself from this, and just look towards the future. How wonderful that you have them, and can start anew, with people who can see past the color of skin. That's what it's all about, and that in itself is quite enough responsibility. You'll never fix the past, but you are in a perfect spot to build a much better future. You're already doing a wonderful job of undoing the harm your relatives meant to do - what an incredible gift. If it would make you feel better (a little Ta-Dah!!!!) you could make a contribution to a charity or foundation that supports what you are doing - in grandma's name. There are some times when you don't need to go to a funeral - and I would have to say, this is certainly one of them. You're already doing far more than anyone else.
2016-05-19 23:35:40 · answer #2 · answered by marget 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Funerals are the one service where people dont shop around for cheap bargains. There are cardboard coffins out there but really most funerals are cremations these days where the coffin is just a rental, the coffin is not cremated just the body.
2007-04-20 12:17:39 · answer #3 · answered by John S 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I just love that and its so true, there is probably more wood in an Ikea wardrobe too, I think its costing more for burials because land is becoming more of a premium these days but for a cremation I just can't see why its so much, I too would hate anyone to have to get into debt for my funeral too.
2007-04-20 12:13:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I agree! I think it's stupid to spend so much money on a funeral & coffin & everything else that goes along with it! It seems like people know your vulnerable at that time, so they make it where if you loved the person you'll spare no expense on them & they take advantage of you & make a fortune off of you. When I die, I want to be cremated & my ashes spred in the mountians or something like that. I figure I wont know what happens at that point anyway, so why spend all that money, I wont be there, I wont care! Whatever my family feels is best they should do. I know they love me, they don't have to go into debt to prove it to me, especially since I wont even know it.
2007-04-20 12:23:34 · answer #5 · answered by Sherrie L 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
A very dear friend of mine died recently and had always wanted to be buried in a cardboard box. When we enquired about this it turned out to be more expensive than an ordinary coffin.
Apparently they are the 'in thing' now because of recycling etc..
So we got a wicker coffin instead about £300.00 cheaper (he would have been pleased) It was so beautiful and right for him. It had ivy cascading out of the top and it was perfect.
2007-04-20 12:16:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Personally I wouldn't want my family to spend a fortune on my funeral either, but I suppose some people see it as a way of giving their loved ones the burial they deserve. The prices are extortionate though!
2007-04-20 12:12:02 · answer #7 · answered by fruitsmoothy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pop me in a cardboard box and throw me on a bonfire, good enough for me but It is for those who are left behind that the funeral is designed for. Not the empty shell.
2007-04-20 12:15:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
hell i feel the same as you"!!! I dont want anyone to wear black to my funeral - its soooo depressing, and i rarely wear black. I am a colourful person. I want everyone to wear colours, and to celebrate my life the way i lived it! I would rather people give money to charity than spend loads on flowers for my funeral - they only die!!! Whats the point of spending after your dead?? You spend enough trying to stay alive!"!!!!!
2007-04-20 12:11:30 · answer #9 · answered by littlekitty 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't want A funeral, when I die.
Who wants to be stared at, while you're lying there looking your worse...
2007-04-20 12:13:20 · answer #10 · answered by Tazmiamor 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋