Doing my Will - why are there no free funeral options??

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Ok I know this is unreasonable in a way because we can't just have bodies cluttering the streets. But also I didn't ask to be born (sorry to channel my inner teen). Why can't there be a straight to landfill no charge option? I've never had a single thing subbed in my life and I don't want a funeral (I'd be too socially anxious to go in life so would be hypocritical to ask anyone else to go) so why can't there just be a simple disposal option.

Getting old is really dispiriting

There is a lovely woodland burial spot near us where we sometimes walk the dog. I've told DC that that's where id like to be I'm not sure how it works though, whether you're cremated and them the ashes buried or sprinkled. Its lovely.

OP, the thing to bear in mind, is the funeral isn't for you. The funeral is there for people who love you to get together, to mark your passing, see you treated respectfully and observe necessary hygiene.

Costs normally come out of the estate because the dead person won't be spending their money on anything else.

Don't you want to make your passing as easy as possible for your loved ones? It doesn't have to be extravagant. My dm chose a basic cremation and a quick drink in a local, just to make sure people were warm & ok to drive home. (it was February).

To answer your question there are no cost free ways to hygienically and respectfully dispose of a dead body.

In fact preventing the lawful and decent burial of a body (also includes legal cremation) is a criminal offence in the UK.

So top being a childish prick and accept some of your money will have to go towards properly disposing of you. Think of it like not flytipping yoir sofa or old kitchen.

There is a touch of 'Oh just chuck me on the tip but only me, because if too many other people want to do what I want to do, it will be a public health disaster so only I should be allowed to do it because I'm so uninterested in a fuss I want to be special and have extra rules put in place just for me'. In other words, a massive fuss and inconvenience for everyone else.

By your logic, you should be happy to collect, transport and bury other people's corpses for free then. If not, why would you expect anyone to deal with yours without being recompensed for the less than delightful experience?

If you really don't want to be here and don't want to pay for your body to be disposed of, your option is to drown yourself in the ocean a good way out. hth.

And to pay for the extra costs of all this landfill, since the current systems aren't designed to deal with loads of corpses.

But if they have to pay for this in Sweden then it’s ‘monetised’ there too!

Why would I want to do that when I don't want to collect bins? Like fine charge me £10 for a special uplift. Into the little van. Off I go.

Donating a body to medical science is a good thing to do, but they aren’t always accepted especially if the person dies over a weekend, and after the med students have trained on the the bodies they are given back to their family for burial or cremation, I watched a very interesting documentary a few years back on this. I agree a direct cremation is usually the simplest option.

I beg to differ - a post partum heammorhage, 4 pints of blood, episiotomy with many stitches, an infection, 2 weeks in hospital and 4 years of severe post natal depression requiring detention under S2 in a Mother and Baby unit.

Your death will incur cost whether you like it or not.

Leave your body to a medical school or one of those reseach places where you decompose outside. Really interesting as it helps with investigating deaths.
Both are free I believe

If you own your propeerty and you have a garden, you can be buried there. Need various permissions, and your grave has to be declared when selling the house. Free, apart from permissions fees

But you do pay for the bins in your tax. Are you saying you want to pay a tax while you're alive to pay for everyone's body disposal? Because that'd be a helluva lot more than a tenner. Even just for your body disposal it'd be... well, the same cost are you're being charged for a direct cremation now. You can't seem to get your head around it for some reason, but it's really not that complicated.

As not everyone would want or use that Council service (as most people would have made provision for their own funerals and burials/cremations), it would probably be a additional subscription service, like green/garden waste that you would need to sign up to and pay an annual subscription.

You seem to think that your post-death requirements are indicators of you being low maintenance when the opposite is true. Disposing of a dead body is hard work and unpleasant and surely you can see that you can't just leave corpses lying around like fly-tipped mattresses.

Refuse workers don't want to have to deal with dead bodies either. That's why they're refuse workers, not funeral directors. Why should they have to? People who make a big deal about ' not wanting a fuss' are usually highly attention seeking and high maintenance. As you are, gaining attention from being ridiculous on this thread!

Is there any legal obligation for family members if someone dies in hospital? When they ring up and say "sorry to tell you but your xxx has died" what if you say " that is unfortunate" and put the phone down?

Pay to go on a cruise in winter. Out in the middle of the ocean just jump. Problem solved . Leave a note in your cabin saying what you've done.

Dude dead bodies, especially human bodies can not be left to rot somewhere. They're a hotbed for disease and if you had smelled a rotting corpse you would know it's not a good idea.

Are you quite alright in yourself? While you're living?

If you were born in the early 80s you are only early 40s now. You sound as if you are at the end of your life. Are you getting any help with your depression and anxiety? You’ve got a lot of life left to live - and that’s a positive thing!

You're within your rights to do so. The local authority then takes over. If the deceased had assets, which can include assets they share jointly with you, those can be used for funeral costs but if there's nothing and nobody to cover costs, the local authority pays. Colloquially known as a paupers funeral.

Agreed. A few years ago in my area refuse workers had to deal with a baby disposed of like this. They were understandably traumatised.

There would be a search and rescue operation (coastguard, lifeboats, any other vessels in the vicinity, the cruise ship turning around). Plus there would be an investigation and inquest. It would be hugely irresponsible. Not to mention the negative affects on anyone unlucky enough to see her jump and the crew.

Dear god, what a thoroughly tedious and juvenile mindset.

yeah we get enough council tax here. you pay more if you want 🤷🏽‍♀️

I can't personally understand why folk are worried about being dead. I really rather look forward to not having to shovel all this shit when the time comes.