Wear your deceased loved one as jewelry

katiesue · 04-06-2007, 09:06 AM

The victorians were all into death jewelry. A lock of hair in a locket or actual photos of the loved one in their coffins. So I guess it's not that odd.

Snowflake · 04-06-2007, 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by katiesue

The victorians were all into death jewelry. A lock of hair in a locket or actual photos of the loved one in their coffins. So I guess it's not that odd.

Or having your picture taken with the recently and dearly departed. That said, I still think it's rather odd. I saw something on television some time back and thought, whatever, but not for me.

Alex · 04-06-2007, 09:12 AM

It doesn't strike me as any odder than putting them in a felt lined box, burying them and putting a plaque above it.

I personally wouldn't do either the jewelry or the burial.

Lani has instructions to do whatever makes her feel best but that it is fine with me, should nobody show interest in a use for my body, to just leave me out in the street for consumption by wild bears (likely to take quite a while, though, in the Bay Area suburbs; I wonder if turkeys scavenge carrion).

AllyOops! · 04-06-2007, 09:48 AM

Good golly, with all the people I've lost in just a few years span, I'd look like some chinsy, postmortem Liz Taylor tribute. "Why,This is my best friend around my neck, my boyfriend on my wrist, my Grandpas on my fingers and my canines on my ankle. Envious much?" Turning the people I loved with all of my heart and soul into shimmering topazes seems.. wrong. I wonder if they could offer me a "lose 3 people get the fourth free" coupon.

Ally the prim reaper. Me in a faux-fur lined, pink hood and crystal-studded sickle combo actually seems..fitting.

Alex, my late Grandpa always used to say, "when I die, I don't want a fancy funeral. Just shove a bone up my ass and let wild dogs drag me down the street". No lie. Sadly, when planning his funeral at the mortuary, they offered no "wild dog" package, so my Grandpa got a lovely, traditional Catholic funeral instead. But thinking of that always makes me giggle.

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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	It doesn't strike me as any odder than putting them in a felt lined box, burying them and putting a plaque above it. I personally wouldn't do either the jewelry or the burial. Lani has instructions to do whatever makes her feel best but that it is fine with me, should nobody show interest in a use for my body, to just leave me out in the street for consumption by wild bears (likely to take quite a while, though, in the Bay Area suburbs; I wonder if turkeys scavenge carrion).
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AllyOops! It's Peanut Butter Jelly Time!!! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Introspection Intersection Posts: 1,207	Good golly, with all the people I've lost in just a few years span, I'd look like some chinsy, postmortem Liz Taylor tribute. "Why,This is my best friend around my neck, my boyfriend on my wrist, my Grandpas on my fingers and my canines on my ankle. Envious much?" Turning the people I loved with all of my heart and soul into shimmering topazes seems.. wrong. I wonder if they could offer me a "lose 3 people get the fourth free" coupon. Ally the prim reaper. Me in a faux-fur lined, pink hood and crystal-studded sickle combo actually seems..fitting. Alex, my late Grandpa always used to say, "when I die, I don't want a fancy funeral. Just shove a bone up my ass and let wild dogs drag me down the street". No lie. Sadly, when planning his funeral at the mortuary, they offered no "wild dog" package, so my Grandpa got a lovely, traditional Catholic funeral instead. But thinking of that always makes me giggle.
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