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As I've tried to live an eco friendly kind of life I want a natural burial in a deer park. I don't want to be pumped full of chemicals. Laid out to look pretty just put me back in the earth in a natural state so I can biodegrade. Its all arranged and organised. I did it in my 30's! I don't like the way grieving family are almost guilt tripped into spending thousands on funerals. Remember the day is not about the person who died they don't care how much you spend they are already gone. It's for the one's left behind to say goodbye and get closure.

I don't believe in any sort of afterlife so I've asked my family to do whatever works for them. Afterall, I'll be dead.

I want people to celebrate my life and be happy for me rather than sad. I lost my son when he was three years old and i have his ashes in a teddy bear. I want to be with him and i want my family to be happy that im back being his mum. Other than that they can do what they want as it wont affect me as i wont be here. I dont want them using all their money on anything too big and elaborate as they have better things to spend it on

I'm terrified of dying and can't even write a will yet. I haven't thought about my funeral other than I don't want to be buried because the idea of rotting and being eaten by bugs doesn't appeal to me!

I just want people to remember me how they want to and however way feels best to them, I personally wouldn't want a huge expense or fuss but to be honest it won't be for my benefit!

I would like my funeral to be cheap and cheerful, the money spent on the wake!

I want as cheap as possible, no need to spend thousands to bury or burn when kids and grand kids can use the money to by something useful

I want my family to have a celebration of my life, to enjoy themselves and remember the good times with me, I'd hate it if they were depressed/sad for months after I was gone.

I want a simple burial, and want to be buried next to loved ones who have passed away.

the cheapest possible funeral,cardboard if possible.I cannot understand the pricing for funerals I think they are astronomical,and completely a waste of money and time,I do like hymns so would like a nice recording of a choir singing Nearer My God To Thee.

I don't want anything religious. Pop music played and more like a party.

I would like to be cremated in a cardboard coffin and have a short funeral where where everyone is told how much I loved and appreciated my lovely family and friends.

One of the songs I'd like played is Pat Boone's 'Wonderful time up there'

I would like everyone to know that I have lived my life as I choose and would like the cheapest funeral, its not going to worry me if they turn up in their own cars. No hymns that no one sings to maybe Keane Somewhere only we know or Chris DeBurg Carry Me. Look after yourselves and my ashes scattered in the rose garden with my parents at Crawley crematorium

I don't want to have a funeral, pop me a cardboard box and cremate me. Have a party, donate to charity and then my children to scatter my ashes by the sea..they know where.

I would like a simple religous burial in my home city’s graveyard

I want the NHS to use as much of my body as it possibly can to help other people, whether it be through organ donation or research. Whatever is left, I would rather like to be cremated, and then the ashes buried and a tree planted on top of me.

Put me out with the rubbish - but do I go in the recyclables or non-recyclables bin?

Nice and simple for me too. No extravagance, lots of colours. No sadness and lots of laughter. If offered, only donations to charity.

I don't want a funeral. What's the point? Cart me off on the final day and everyone can move on.

I am not a fan of expensive funerals and DC know that. Not a wicker coffin for me either as when they brought my friend into church in hers the wretched thing creaked dreadfully. I could just imagine the pair of us in fits of the giggles and it was that which made me cry buckets!
I think it was the last late Duchess of Devonshire who had a wooden box and lid made years in advance and she decorated and fitted it out for herself and then used it as a blanket box at the end of her bed until it was needed. Very practical I thought so I might emulate that. Then the D.C. can take me in our car (because the seats fold down) to the church for a short thanksgiving service and down the road a short distance to pop me into my grandparent's plot. Church family will put on a 'bring and share tea' as they do - and are very good at. Service is all sorted already and so job done! Exactly the same for DH and all very simple, DS is pretty good at woodwork so we know he would do us proud if we haven't got the wooden boxes done ourselves in time. Well, he made all the doors and fitted cupboards in his house and they are lovely. Families used to do these things themselves in years past so it is only going back to basics and probably very therapeutic too. One thing for sure is that we are all going along the same path albeit in different styles!

Simple, no fuss, no unnecessary expense. Ashes scattered at my favourite place. And for those left behind to get together, and have a great night out in my honour, no miserableness!

I have a feeling that the sponsors of this thread will not be at all happy with what the vast majority of us seem to be saying - that we want as little spent on our funerals as possible.
What's more, the thread on top of the very recent loss of a loved one (my dad), has prompted me to discuss my own feelings on this matter with my loved ones!

I don't want any fuss, after all I am not there, a simple cremation one flower , no songs no pomp no wasted money. Spend the money on a good cause instead

I would like to have a bargain funeral. I wouldn't like the family to spend more money than they need to. After all I won't be here to take an active part in it.

I'd prefer to have no funeral at all and quite happy to be cremated and then scattered in a wood with no fuss or ceremony. Or for the body to be donated to science if they have any uses for it.

I want it green, think cardboard box or wicker basket, and then a nice cherry blossom tree!