• aramis87@fedia.io
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    2 months ago

    This woman had a family plot, where other members of her family were buried, and she wanted to be buried next to them.

    My family has a plot. When I die, I’d like to be buried next to my parents and siblings, not somewhere else. When I visit my family in cemeteries, it’s much easier for me when they’re all together instead of spread out around the place. (Have you ever tried visiting in a cemetery - it can be surprisingly hard to find people!)

    And finally, we paid for that particular piece of land, sometimes for a particular reason - a nearby tree or creek, for example, may drive up the price of a plot. Why should we be switched to a different plot that we didn’t choose?

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      2 months ago

      I visit the headstones of my family several times a year, not quite monthly… but I’ve never been overly concerned about if the decomposing body under the dirt was ACTUALLY gram-gram and shabadoo.

      I guess what I’m saying is, I agree with you that if the plot is there, the headstone should be there. I misunderstood the article and thought they just mixed up the bodies, not misplaced the entire grave.

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      (Have you ever tried visiting in a cemetery - it can be surprisingly hard to find people!)

      They never seem to respond when you call out names