Photoshopped pictures with departed loved ones?

[IsTheRecyclingOut]

Quite understand people are different, but this seems odd to me - why would you want a picture that looks real with a deceased relative?

Could someone one please swap the woman for the gentleman in the picture with my children, sadly he passed before he could meet his grandkids and would love a picture of all of them

there is a woman that does this locally on me and posts the end results on Facebook. They are dreadful...always gets the ratio wrong so the baby has a huge head next to dearly departed Nanna!

I think it’s creepy. I viewed a house once that had a huge canvas painting of the 4 kids and the granny above with angel wings.

At least in that case it's clear that Granny is deceased and "looking down" on them! It's the dishonesty of mocked up photos made to look like the decedent was living and present at the same time as the others in the image that doesn't sit right with me. Respect the dead but keep life and life events for the living, I think.

Indeed. It's still weird whether it impacts me or not 🙂‍↔️

I tried that thing where you can make people move on old photos. Really freaked me the fuck out...
I wouldn't do it, but if others do, surely it's not hurting anyone

It would just be a constant reminder to me that it didn't actually happen, so I don't understand where the comfort comes from.

But surely you realise that people on here could get offended by your judgement?

I don't know anyone on here that I am likely to bump in to down the pub or in the local supermarket though, that's the difference.

Here is kind of a safe-ish place where you can talk about things that puzzle you. People can choose to be offended if they want, that's their right, but if I want to talk about something, I can.

I like that, you taking him for a walk.

I find it slightly counter-intuitive (I see photos as records so constructions like you’ve described conflict with that a bit - but I can also see why it might help people to feel their loved ones aren’t altogether lost). Whatever brings people comfort is okay by me. I wanted the fingerprint jewellery after my mum died and my dad said no as it was a breach of her privacy. I can understand that, sort of, although I think she’d have felt differently. And in the moment it would have helped me a lot to retain something of her. She wanted to be buried with their dead pet’s ashes and he ruled that out too. I can’t say if a ring with my mum’s fingerprint would help me now, maybe it wouldn’t. Some
folk would say it’s morbid tat. But I can imagine looking at the whorls and it might have been calming. I guess I’ll never know. Anyway, I wouldn’t take people’s comfort away, or judge them for whatever they need to do. It’s hard enough.

PS I would love to hear her voice, a teddy is a bit spooky to me but I can see it’d be nice for a kid.

It’s not for me either, but can you really not imagine that it may bring others some comfort?

People should try engaging their brain!