Would you prefer to be buried or cremated?

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I have thought about this a lot and I really don't know what I want and the pros and cons of each option. I really want to make a decision and tell my husband and children so they know for whenever the time comes (hopefully in many, many years) rather than them not knowing and having to make that decision for me. So I've come on here to ask - which would you prefer and why?

Cremated Incase i wake up 😂

I cant imagine we have the room to keep burying people long term? Once a family dies out the graves are never visited or kept nice either which is really sad

Cremated, mainly because burial isn't an option due to my religion. I think I'd choose cremation either way, actually.

I have been wondering about a Body Farm. It sounds gross but you'd be exposed to the elements, helping science and once you've decomposed, they give you a woodland cremation. But I am pretty sure the kids wouldn't cope with that. So whatever helps them I guess.

I wouldluke to be buried. Cremation is incredibly damaging for the environment. If you do wish to be cremated, there is water cremation that uses much less energy and therefore releases a lot less carbon.

www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/environment-and-conservation/2019/11/environmental-toll-cremating-dead

I want to be buried because I think it would be nice to be visited now and again. Yes, I know I'll be dead, but I think my grandparents would be happy if they knew I visit their graves.

I don't mind being cremated first, but I don't fancy being scattered.

Plus, I will be having a Catholic funeral Mass before my burial.

I'd like to be buried, and dug up and wondered about in hundreds of years

Me too 🙂
I held the package my granny’s ashes came in when I was quite young and remember thinking ‘Is that it?’. Heavy as it was, it seemed a sad end to a life.

I did read years ago about a cemetery where you could have a doorbell type thing inside your coffin that you could press should you come to inside your coffin!

That used to be a thing years ago. It's where the saying 'dead ringer' comes from

Cremated absolutely. I hate the idea of my body rotting. Get it over done with immediately and back to the elements....

Cremated. I would hate for my DC to find the upkeep of my headstone etc a burden. Which it can turn in to, especially if they want to move cities. Shuv me in a box and keep me in the back cupboard, that'll do me.

If I could I would be chucked overboard at sea, feed me to the sharks. If sharks arent available then lions are my second favourite animal. The Male lion could proudly present me to the pack and the Cubs could feast on me. Circle of life and all that.

Cremated then turned into a huge purple firework to be set off on a beach.

I'll be cremated with no service or attendance, then my ashes scattered by my family at some favourite spot chosen by them.

I'm going to be cremated and my ashes buried under the tree with my mum and dad.

And my cat too.

@PoptartPoptart

I want to be cremated. Even if there is only a minuscule chance of me just being in a deep coma and not actually dead, I want it over and done with quickly. Maybe I’ve seen too many horror movies of people waking up in a coffin 6 feet under!

same for me

I really like the idea of becoming compost for a tree. I didn’t know a woodland burial was a thing.
I’ll skip on the plaque though. I want to be forgotten when I go.

I want to be boiled up and fed to my dogs so they can shit me out all over this beautiful valley. Need to get a big pot...

Cremated and scattered. I don't want anyone feeling obliged to visit my grave.

Composted and grow a tree.

I always thought burial as didn't like the thought of a cremation. But when I found out the cost when arranging my dads funeral I soon changed my mind. My dad's fairly straightforward funeral was approx £4.5k all in. Just the plot for a burial is £10k and that is for a cheaper plot in London.

DH was cremated, he is still in a box in our hallway but every now and again we take a bit of him out and leave him in a place that is special, sometimes people think what we are doing is weird but for us and his friends it works.

@Cissyandflora yes! John Lewis would be the perfect place for my ashes too, I often say it's my spiritual home!

Definitely cremated. Thought of burial fills me with dread.

I don't really care

I'll be dead so it's not my concern
Happy for those that remain living to make the choice

iggygal

“Cremated
I don’t want to take up any space
Graveyards are just so depressing when you think after 1-2 generations no one will know you, your grave won’t be tended I don’t see the point in it myself“

I want a direct cremation but have to disagree. We lived in an ancient, converted church and the graveyard surrounded us. It was the most peaceful, uplifting place and our little ones loved it. When they were old enough to understand what it meant, we placed flowers on the graves at Christmastime. We didn’t know who they were, but we hoped that they somehow knew.

We had commemorative slabs in the basement too, dating back to the 16th Century. Never worried us, just gave us the most wonderful sense of continuity.
To be fair though, my mum never enjoyed babysitting on her own 😁

Cremated