WHEre will you be buried?

[Spotsbeforemyeyes]

If you want to be buried, where, or who will you be laid to rest with?

I’m asking because eh has bought the plot with his dm. I find this a tad odd if I’m honest.

Dh

Nowhere. I'll be cremated, and the ashes scattered over the water. I don't understand the idea of taking up precious land to bury dead bodies.

I'll be cremated. But if I was going to be buried I'd want to be with my grandparents and my mum at "home". Be a shame though because my dc/dp have never been to that grave yard and wouldn't ever visit...

My family has a burial plot in a specific cemetery. Not as fancy as it sounds hut were of a certain religion and it’s where all our family our buried.

I’m not sure if I want to be buried there too tho as there isn’t space for my DH & kids. Although I respect my family’s faith I’m not actively religious so I think illnprob be cremated and scattered or buried with my DH when our time comes

Cremated I think. Just easy and cheap don’t want a fuss.

Not for me. I am having a direct cremation and my ashes scattered in 2 places.

I dont really mind whether I'm buried or cremated, but having been to 4 or 5 woodland burials, that would definitely be an option. I see it as preserving precious land rather than as taking it up.

Cremated and scattered in my favourite place in the world. Devon over the cliffs and in to the sea.

I'd like to get something organized and paid for in advance to spare DD the bother.

I'll be cremated, as a laugh I might get my portrait painted with my ashes and then gift it to whichever of my kids phones me the least when I'm old.

@Mintypea5 are you Jewish? If so, there is now a woodland cemetery where you could be buried with a non-Jewish partner. It’s a beautiful place. Ignore this if you’re from another religion!

Definitely cremation.
I’m an organ donor so in an ideal world my organs/skin/connective tissues etc would be donated, but I realised the likelihood of me dying in a situation where my organs are viable is highly unlikely. So I’ve been toying with the idea of donating my body to science. At least that way it would go to some good use - even if it is just to help train the doctors of the future.
Other than that, I want a no frills cremation. No fancy funeral or anything. Just shove me in the cheapest box you can find and get it burnt. I don’t want money being wasted on an expensive coffin or funeral when my children and grandchildren could be enjoying that money, rather than wallowing in my death.

DH and I have a plot that we can be buried in whether in a coffin or after cremation. It is right beside our DD who died when she was 5. Our other 2 DD's know they can be buried in her lair if that is their wish. My DP have a plot just behind ours. It doesn't seem at all strange to me.

I specified cremation in my will and I genuinely don’t give a shit where my ashes end up. I don’t believe in visiting graves and don’t want my dd or family to feel obliged to put flowers anywhere or visit a random plot of ground etc

My father has a grave booked next to his parents in his church. My mother doesn't care where she ends up.

I have requested that my children don't have a funeral service for me (I don't think there would be anyone there as I don't have any friends and am not particularly liked) - just a cremation then the three of them scatter my ashes over the cliffs overlooking my favourite beach in Cornwall.

I want to be cremated and my DH and kids can decide what they do.

I feel no affinity with graveyards and don’t visit them, I feel much closer to deceased relatives looking through photos and reminiscing with those that knew them. However, if my family feel differently I’m happy for them to do whatever they want.

I do quite like the idea of being buried under a tree though. But I also like the idea of bequeathing my body to science. My grandad wanted to do that but they had so many they didn’t need him!

Cremated - I think. I've just recently had this conversation with my parents. They surprised us by saying they'd like to be cremated and their ashes interned maybe. My mum would "look after" her dad's, siblings graves, I quite like visiting the graveyard with her but she doesn't want us to have to do it for her. To be honest as she put it "depends on the cost, when we're dead, we're dead". My parents both would have family plots - three graves to a plot but my dad's is full and my mum's has one space left - for my Nana when she dies.
Mum and Dad are adamant there's no more plots/headstones to be bought. We talk about graves, wills a bit. We've been in the unfortunate position of having sudden deaths in the family over the past few years and my parents would have folders with Wills, financial documents etc all put away somewhere safe for when they're needed.