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Do you want to be buried/cremated with a Bra on

113 replies

deadtitties · 27/05/2025 19:49

I for one rarely wear one as they are so darn uncomfortable and I never gave the undertaker one for my mum but I never realised this was such a bone of contention, excuse the pun.

Are you a with or without or simply don’t care?

My daughter says she will haunt anyone who puts her eternally in a Bra.

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NormasArse · 27/05/2025 20:26

I want to be wrapped in the blanket that I used to make dens with as a child.

No clothes.

Allaboutmememe · 27/05/2025 20:31

Dead today burn me tomorrow move on.
As planed no one will have my ashes no service no nothing,
From the bed to the burner end off.

comoatoupeira · 27/05/2025 20:32

Are you allowed to just wear what you were wearing, or do they always put an outfit on you? I hate the idea of someone undressing and dressing my dead body.

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Shesellsseashellsnotinmystreet · 27/05/2025 20:32

Not even considered an outfit tbh. But me and my BFF will both have a bag of marshmallows in our coffins. For toasting when we meet on The Other Side....

EnjoythemoneyJane · 27/05/2025 20:32

Cremated, simplest/least polluting type of coffin, wearing nowt but my birthday suit and a dab of Chanel Coco - go out the same way I came in and return to carbon and stardust, in the big beautiful Gaian go-around that we all come from and go back to! There’s something glorious about embracing the natural cycle of it and not dragging any earthly stuff with you into the yonder.

Having said that, we made sure DM went looking her best - lovely dress, full underwear, including bra, tights and slip (she’d have hated to be flopping about with no foundations), plus favourite coat and shoes. And a nice warm scarf. Even in the flames of eternity she’d be complaining of the cold, bless her.

Oldraver · 27/05/2025 20:32

No bra, and I would prefer to be lying. Sideways like I do in bed (and Luke very ancient burials)

DepositSaverUpper · 27/05/2025 20:34

Yes or they'd be under my armpits !
I'd like to be in something comfortable, leggings and a sweater though.
But guess it's up to whoever is choosing what I wear or don't wear.

TabbyBeast · 27/05/2025 20:35

I'm sure when my DSis was cremated we were asked to bring in knickers and a bra for her. She was cremated in her pjs and new fluffy socks

WeirdyBeardyMarrowBabyLady · 27/05/2025 20:35

Tights in eternity is a new kind of horror worse even than a bra. Pyjamas and bare feet for me. No bra or pants.

NatFatPrat · 27/05/2025 20:35

comoatoupeira · 27/05/2025 20:32

Are you allowed to just wear what you were wearing, or do they always put an outfit on you? I hate the idea of someone undressing and dressing my dead body.

Me too. Just leave my dead body alone FFS!

ExtensiveDebating · 27/05/2025 20:36

Well I'd always assumed I'd be fully dressed (if I's given it any thought at all) so yes, I never go out without one and find them perfectly comfy (I'd never heard of taking them off when you get home till I joined MN).

NautilusLionfish · 27/05/2025 20:40

@NatFatPrat I have always under wire bras. Don't like the ones without. I must be an odd one.
On the other hand I have never thought of that I want to be buried in. I tend to sleep naked so I think same for my last and eternal sleep. As naked as the day I entered this world

cremebruleee · 27/05/2025 20:53

I hope to not feel the need to bother wearing a bra when I die. Hopefully as an old lady, probably in silk pyjamas or a fabulous gown. My mum was cremated with no bra due to having a chest drain, but requested I ask the hospice nurses to change her into a lovely plisse gown, her handmade crochet shawl and then I also put a little damask cushion under her head. Boogie.

CocoLocoPocoMoco · 27/05/2025 20:58

I don’t even want to wear a bra in daily life, I’m sure are heck not being buried in one

AlteredStater · 27/05/2025 21:00

Never even thought about it! I don't even know how it works - who decides what you wear, how do you get dressed, etc! Not going to worry about it to be honest.

sugarrosepetal · 27/05/2025 21:05

I really couldn't care less. I'm going to go all shades of red, green, purple and black with the added bonus of blowing up like a balloon and fluids excreting from me within a few hours. (If you are interested in death, check out the after death postmortem page on Facebook. It certainly opened my eyes. It's not a gore page but an educational one).

2chocolateoranges · 27/05/2025 21:09

Comedycook · 27/05/2025 19:57

Absolutely hate socks. Would rather spend eternity in a bra than in socks.

I’m actually not a fan of socks either , i much prefer bare feet however I hate having cold feet! 😂

Angelik · 27/05/2025 21:15

Naked. Lightly draped with cotton sheet. Like the idea of being on side with a pillow between my knees (basically how I sleep on hot nights, which sre my fave). Buried under a tree. No service, waken or any of that silly malarkey. No visiting where I'm buried. Get on with your lives!

justmeandmyselfandi · 27/05/2025 21:17

Wow this is something I have never thought about! I guess I'll be dead so I won't care, but I'm blessed in that department so I'll probably look better with one on, not that I think anyone will be looking! 😅

DorrieAndClarabelle · 27/05/2025 21:20

Love the idea of jammies, fluffy socks and scarf and cremation.😇

And definitely no bra.

JamMakingWannaBe · 27/05/2025 21:20

Oldraver · 27/05/2025 20:32

No bra, and I would prefer to be lying. Sideways like I do in bed (and Luke very ancient burials)

I wanted to be on my side too but there was a AMA recently from a funeral director, and I can't remember the reason but she said it wasn't really possible.

I've specified organic cotton PJs with no buttons. Purple wool coffin with organic cotton lining. Pillow. (and my comforter).

LickYouLikeACrispPacket · 27/05/2025 21:21

Nope! I want to be cremated in a lovely new pair of pyjamas. No bra, but I’ll have knickers on ☺️

WhereTheSpiritMeetsTheBones · 27/05/2025 21:23

I hate the thought of any of my lovely clothes being cremated!? Much prefer they are donated and I'm cremated in a bed sheet or something.

LetYouEntertainMe · 27/05/2025 21:26

WhereTheSpiritMeetsTheBones · 27/05/2025 21:23

I hate the thought of any of my lovely clothes being cremated!? Much prefer they are donated and I'm cremated in a bed sheet or something.

Shroud is the word you are looking for!

deadtitties · 27/05/2025 21:31

WilfredsPies · 27/05/2025 20:04

I wonder if your ghost outfit is the outfit you die in, or the outfit you’re cremated/buried in?

That is a good question and one none of us can probably answer 🤣

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