re: Visiting the graveside of a lost loved one

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that just burns me up!

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ISWYDT

I used to work in graveyards, what's sad is when you find a gravemarker covered by grass or dirt, and realise no one has came or gave a shite in decades

I visit my grandmother's grave about once a year. I don't live far from where she is buried, but honestly, I just don't have much of an emotional connection with her gravesite. Her body is there but "she" is not.

I think about her in my mind on a daily basis and don't need a visit to the cemetery for any extra motivation.

As a religious person, I also feel like our loved ones are watching over us from Heaven. I don't need to travel to a grave to feel like she is close by.

Shelby was a he. He was a past employee of LSU SID and at the time of death, asst. mgr. at the box office of the River Center.

His mom was employed by LSU AD in housekeeping.

He was well known around LSU. The football game after his murder had a tribute to him on the Jumbotron.

I don't have an opinion on them. I don't find comfort from them or dislike them. I don't really want to be buried in one. I want to be cremated and spread at places I loved. If my wife wants to be buried, I would probably want at least some of me with her. It's just symbolic and it's not like I will give a shite.

After 2-3 generations or so, your family doesn't know or care who you were. I remember some things about my great grandparents, beyond that I have no idea about my family. At some point, we are going to have to figure out a better way than these giant cemetaries. No use in having graves from 100+ years ago that have no historic value.

I’ll get a six pack and go sit on my brother’s grave and just talk to him for hours. Maybe it doesn’t make any sense but it’s somewhere for me to go and just be.

Of course. I visit the grave of my best friend a few times a year and just sit. About half the time I also visit my grandmother in the same cemetery. Bear Bryant is also in the cemetery so I like to drive by his grave too and laugh at the fat losers leaving bags of Golden Flake behind.


Just don't be one of those people who have to take a selfie with the grave and post it on facebook, Insta, Snapchat for attention.

My wife's father treated me like I was his own. He passed away back in August and I visit him on my lunch hour 2 or 3 times a month, but my office is right down the street from the funeral home. He would spend hours looking out his window at the multiple bird feeders in his backyard before the cancer finally go the best of him. He always made a point of telling us what kind of birds he saw whenever we visited.

We put a bird feeder near his grave, it only seemed fitting. Anyone who's ever had a bird feeder knows that birds are an absolute mess so i filled it with dried meal worms to cut down on the mess they leave behind. The only problem is that those little frickers love the worms and go through them rather quickly. It gives me an excuse to go visit him and talk or even just to read. It's really the only place to get some peace and quiet and not to be bothered by someone every other minute.

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Not my scene either but I haven't had a parent pass yet. My opinion might change. Seems like it would just make me sad.

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conversely, if you see loved ones at gravesides in places like Arlington, you can witness how important it is to the survivor(s) to be able to have a physical connection to their loved one. I personally don't visit graves and don't think I would.

However, I'm certainly not going to judge someone for how they choose to grieve. Especially if its no harm to me. This is about as harmless as it gets.


unless you're Scruffy and trying to plan a new development.