I personally find them painful to look at them since my late husband threw himself in front of a bus.Every time I see one it is like a daily reminder and it triggers my PTSD.
2007-07-13 06:46:35 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Thank you, thank you, thank you for asking this question!!! I hate them and I think they are a terrible way for a family to memorialize a loved one. Faded fake flowers, wilted balloons and cardboard crosses are tacky and I find it disturbing to look at them. Why on earth would a family want to mark the spot where someone they loved got obliterated I mean come on! Plant a tree or a rose bush in their honor or do something constructive like start a scholarship in their name! Please America, let's stop this nonsense!
2007-07-13 06:52:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
People put them up in my area too and I find them painful. They disturb me on a level that I can't even connect with. I would never put one up and I would not want to be reminded every time I passed the spot where a loved one died. I feel bad for you - suicide is a very difficult thing to deal with and I hope you have the help you need. take care. I agree - thank you for asking this question... I thought it was just me that hated them..
2007-07-13 13:55:44 · answer #2 · answered by chatting 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are painful reminders of how dangerous it can be out there, but I think it's great that their family and friends care enough to give us that reminder in honor of their loved ones.
2007-07-13 13:51:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Needless to say they do not have them in Chicago. So I did
not grow up with them. When I saw them the first time. I thought they were poignant and sad. But like other memorials
maybe they help solidify loss, so that it does not envelope them.
2007-07-13 13:52:17 · answer #4 · answered by nutsfornouveau 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I think that they are a little bit inconsiderate to people's feelings (such as yours.) I also think they're a dumb idea because how are you supposed to have a funeral on the side of the road?!?
BTW- I'm a New Yorker.
2007-07-13 19:18:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, we have them, there's even a law about vandalizing or disturbing them. They really don't bother me that much, probably because I see so many of them everywhere I go in NM....
2007-07-13 13:51:35 · answer #6 · answered by bobemac 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't imagine doing that myself, especially if I had to pass by there frequently. I don't think they belong there; that's what cemeteries are for.
BTW, I'm very sorry for your loss, especially in that way.
2007-07-13 13:54:25 · answer #7 · answered by SweetPandemonium 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow, that must have hurt. Or maybe not. My condolences.
2007-07-13 13:50:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, they're painful
2007-07-13 13:49:18 · answer #9 · answered by kiwi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋