10 Reasons Not to Have a Funeral

I've been to so many funerals, I have no idea how many I've actually been
to. It all started when I was a child. Being dragged to funerals was uncom-
fortable, yet normal at the same time. When I attended a funeral I'd try not
to look at the body, but it was hard not to look. The body was always right
there, prominently displayed with the casket opened, as if it were some sort
of sick entertainment. I don't like funerals and I think they're unnecessary.

10 REASONS NOT TO HAVE A FUNERAL

1. It is expensive. Most people don't have $7,000 lying around for a
    funeral.

2. No one is going to have a good time. So you've gathered your family
    and friends around for this sad event. I'm sorry...but they're already
    wanting to leave.

3. No good can come of it. Not one funeral I've been to has improved
    my life.

4. It is a waste of time. Funerals take hours to prepare and sometimes
    hours to attend, hours and hours of extra unneeded sadness.

5. It will make you feel sadder. If we're not supposed to focus on the
    negative things in life, why must we focus more on a death than we
    have to? Looking at someone's body, seeing and hearing people cry,
    and listening to how someone used to be is all a downer.

6. You may be visually scarred for life. It's not only upsetting to see
    someone you love in box (coffin) but it's also quite disturbing.

7. It creates a negative memory. Why would someone want to create
    a negative memory? Not having a funeral gives everyone one less
    bad thing to think about. Have you ever woke up and said: "I can't
    wait to have a negative day!!!" ?

8. No one wants to go to the "afterparty". It doesn't matter how much
    food is being served after the funeral. The fun has not begun and will
    not begin.

9. The outfit you wear will remind you of the funeral. Maybe you
    already had the outfit, or maybe you had to buy something. It is now
    officially your new funeral outfit. It will be a funeral outfit forever...
    unless you figure out somewhere else you can wear it to. If you can 
    force yourself to wear it to a happy event that's great, then you can 
    associate it with a positive memory. But, chances are you will never
    wear it again, or you will save it for someone's funeral in the future.
   
10. It won't bring your loved one back. No matter how much crying,
      singing, and yelling goes on at a funeral it won't change a thing. The
      person that everyone loved is gone and they'll be gone forever.