Would you ever allow your body to be composted?
By snowy
@snowy22315 (208796)
United States
June 9, 2026 10:18am CST
That seems to be the thing that is being touted now both for environmental reasons and because it is a cheaper alternative to both traditional burials and cremation. I don't like the idea of my body rotting under some kind of tarp. I will stick with cremation.
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@MarieCoyle (59141)
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5h
I thought about this and I can't do it. I want to be cremated.
Most traditional burials are, to me, way over the top--at least the ones I have been to have been. I have a problem with dressing the deceased in fancy clothing, someone covering them with make-up, etc. Not to be overly blunt, but caskets and vaults are not waterproof, even though they claim to be. Everything breaks down eventually, and nature takes over, but it takes years. Coffins and vaults take up a lot of space. Cremation does not. It's just how I decided I want it to be when it's my time. I understand others have their own preferences, but like you, I don't think I want to be tossed out there for bugs, critters, and such. Just a big nope from me.
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@snowy22315 (208796)
• United States
5h
That aquamation thing Julia was writing about above sounds kind of interesting. I might try to find out more about it. It can't be all that common.
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@MarieCoyle (59141)
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4h
@snowy22315
I read that...it does sound like a viable option.
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@snowy22315 (208796)
• United States
6h
One of my relatives did that too. What was left of him got buried in our hometown next to his parents.
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@wolfgirl569 (135620)
• Marion, Ohio
Just now
I told the kids to do whatever is cheapest. I won't feel it anyway
@snowy22315 (208796)
• United States
6h
I just think it is disgusting to think of corpse literally being eaten away over weeks or months. With cremation it is one and done!
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