That probably happens far more frequently than the general public wants to believe. Even with that room for doubt, I would be fine with cremation for myself when the time comes.
We all have our personal feelings about such topics.
My father was cremated. The ashes were placed in four different vases and distributed to the four of his children.
I knew better to say something back then, when feelings were still raw, but I didn’t really want my own small vases of his ashes.
I had great love and respect for my dad, and he was basically a nice guy on top of it, but no, the idea of keeping some physical essence of him as dry grey ashes in a little piece of pottery was never appealing to me.
But that’s a conversation I will probably never have with my two older siblings. Somethings are better left unsaid.
Agree.
I knew better to say something back then, when feelings were still raw, but I didn’t really want my own small vases of his ashes.
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When my wife passed away five years ago, two of her relatives asked if they could get a vial of her ashes. I thought that was a grotesque request and still do but I diplomatically turned them down