I want to be buried in accordance with how I was raised to please my parents (Christian Fundies) but in my will, I explictly request the reception to be DJ'ed with music I would listen to, casual, alcohol served...people get as sloshed as they please, and the party is only over when the last person leaves or passes out.
Who wants people crying over their memory?
2007-04-22 09:35:50 · 17 answers · asked by crusadawannabe 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Disco Inferno tomorrow. My place. Everyone is invited.
I (for once!) agree with you. My friend Tony died a year ago, and he insisted that we had a party. Tons of booze, a band, the whole deal. It was a great way to remember him, because that's what he loved - dancing, partying, and hanging out with his friends. He was a doll. I cried cause I missed him so, but in the end, it was what he wanted, and that's what was important. I want the same.
2007-04-22 09:48:07 · answer #1 · answered by ReeRee 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I was thinking about making a video of my self and address everyone but make it interactive.
For example. The question Am I still married (yes or no) someone would have to answer it and then If yes speak to my wife if no then it wold skip that part. Just an example chill out everyone.
I would also like to have a sing along with the words on the screen with a separate parts for guys girls and then together with the bouncing ball and everything.
Party sounds cool. My Grand Farther did just that but no DJ. I did have a good time. Some people drank. I didn't. It was too early in the day for one and I wasn't prepared for that. I didn't have a D and D, no one did we all drove. No one got smashed.
So maybe you can learn form this. You need to have the party later in the day or at night and pre-arranged ride home available, like a drunk bus or something.
2007-04-22 17:51:25 · answer #2 · answered by Eyerish 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, we Irish have a tradition called a wake.
We morn and cry during the funeral and service then we have a large party afterward to celebrate the life.
I have lived a live full of adventures and many victories. I want to have a packed house with a lot of food and great stories. As far as the drinking is concerned, I have freinds that drink, but my church is not in favor of it.
I know my friends and family as well as the church that I attend well enough to know that when I am gone I will be remembered and I would not want grief.
2007-04-22 10:24:28 · answer #3 · answered by Gwynn T 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my dad has terminal cancer, and on easter he had a sit-down with us to tell us what he wants for his funeral....he wants us a tohave a cook out IN THE cemetery before he is put in the ground...immediate family only. no funeralhome thing. he has some music picked out, and is making a tape recording for all of us with some things "he has to tell us". he has already paid for the entire funeral.
the worst part was having to break it to him that it couldnt be an open casket in the cemetery! ( i highly doubt we can have a cook out either)he also wants the funeral home directer there as well as the grave diggers and wants them each tipped exactly 20 bucks each!!!
that guy is a hoot!
2007-04-22 09:52:11 · answer #4 · answered by dali333 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When I attend Christian funerals, they are quite lively and not all that depressing because we knew that the person was with Jesus. We were only looking at his/her shell in the coffin.
You cry because you will miss the person but you are happy because you know you will see them again.
We went out singing "When we all get to heaven." One person said it was the best funeral he ever attended.
2007-04-22 09:42:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I want a party- but I understand if my family needs time to grieve and cry. maybe I could have one more B-day after I die and that could be a huge party. and right after I die they can have a memorial service
2007-04-22 09:47:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree. I want a party thrown in my honor, however, no drinking to excess, tho. I want it to be Hawaiian themed with a DJ, catered food, dancing, more food, more dancing, and more fun stuff :)
Funerals are depressing.
2007-04-22 09:52:48 · answer #7 · answered by chrstnwrtr 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Me! I want mardigras beads, an open bar, an open mic for dirty jokes, and perhaps invite the wearing of hawiian shirts.
2007-04-22 09:38:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
I don't want anyone crying over me. I'll be in heaven with my pap... So, party hardy, i guess.
2007-04-22 09:42:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's a wake, and the goal is to be able to say, "It's a shame he's dead, because he would have loved this party."
2007-04-22 09:40:06 · answer #10 · answered by Doc Occam 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋