Cremated Or be Buried?

Question

i will go with Cremation,, so we can save some land lol,, what about you ?

Answer 1

Before I was married I had planned to be cremated and have my ashes placed between my mother and her sister who are buried side by side but since getting married my husband and I have opted for a conventional burial in the ground. By the way have you heard the news about cremation. They say it adds pollution in the air.

Answer 2

Definitely cremation, because
1. burial land is only leased, not sold, anyway. The leases usually expire in 25 years, while costing an arm and a leg (and a body!, hehe)
2. Expense. Funeral parlors charge outrageous fees. I'd much rather spend the money while alive than have my relatives spend it after I'm dead and couldn't give a hoot to what happens to the body I no longer inhabit and that is destined to rot.
3. I'm with you: Let the land be for the living!

Answer 3

Um, I am probably going to give you more than you asked for but, originally I was going to donate my organs (my dad had kidney failure for 13 yrs) and be cremated. Then I got breast cancer. So, the recipient would have to agree to take the organs and take the chance they might get cancer, in that case they could do chemo. So, if cremation is more expensive than I think it's worth, I'll donate my entire body to science.

Answer 4

Cremated and shot out of a cannon by Johnny Depp, sorta like Hunter S. Thompson

Answer 5

I like the idea of being buried. I am a history buff, and the idea of spending eternity surrounded by my fellow relics of history really strikes me as totally cool. I've told my wife to try to find a vault right smack dab in the middle of the old section.

I don't view cemeteries as sad places. I view them as repositories of history. It's a place where we can honor those who went before us. I'm not opposed to cremation. It's an affordable option. I just prefer to be buried.

Not that I'll be in much of a position to fuss, however if they choose otherwise....

Answer 6

Ditto "sleeping".......I'm 77 and signed over my to-be-cadavor to the Uof Texas Medical School. I like the idea of others' learning from my cadavor...a kind of recycling, but not organ donation. They will then cremate it when they are finished and my family can get the ashes for $200. I'm not going to be there--and to me, it seems to be just an empty carton to be disposed of. I don't really like the idea of a vase of ashes sitting anywhere.

Answer 7

Hollow me out like a fish donate what you can except for my heart cause thats gold & no1 is worthy of such a prize! than bbq me like a nice churasco & throw to the gulf stream so i can see all the beauties of the ocean & more seriously, cemeteries are sad places my loved ones would have to deal with my death once why have them come to a cemetery so many times a years to leave me flowers & what not? or have some 1 carry me around in a vase (creepy) screw that throw me in the ocean, how many people do you see pissed off at the beach? besides this is my heaven & i want to be a marine biology teacher so i can sure it with as many people as possible

Answer 8

I have already told those close to me that I want to be cremated and how to dispose of the ashes

Answer 9

Cremation, its cheaper! Besides its just a shell not who you are.

Answer 10

donate whatever can be of any use and the rest preserved however is most appropriate and parceled out to Friends and family. the Canadian government well probably have an issue with me wanting my baby sister to have my pickled brain but i see nothing wrong with it.