[A funeral is no investment]

Sorry to be blunt but it's the honest truth you ought to hear even if it makes you hate me afterwards, but, a funeral is not an investment. As much as they may sell you the idea of a dignified send-off for your akin, none will say it's not worth it, but I tell you it's not worth it. It worries me every time I see a funeral cover ad. What you really need today is an educational plan to cover your child's future education, an investment plan, a personal injury cover and a life cover, apart from your business insurance, or personal earnings protector, and home insurance.

How many funerals have you heard of people left feeling grumpy after, with regards to lack of appreciation by the deceased's family over their unacknowledged contributions towards the success of the burial? Same can be said about a wedding ceremony,  it ain't worth putting in too much you don't have. A funeral is worse in that it costs to organize in time and costs more to postpone, leaving you with the sole choice of proceeding with the organizing of it, unlike with the case of a wedding.

A funeral can be used to score points if you have deep pockets to show off in order to prove to whomever for whatever reason. But for ones like me and you, one needs to think carefully before committing to assisting financially if not your akin. Not that I condemn relief, but do what is necessary and not over also. If things aren't as you wished, don't make loans if you don't have a solid plan on how to repay back the money lent. You can afford to cut on some unnecessities in either a funeral or a wedding. This showing that there's a lot we can do without in order to bury our loved ones. Most of the time the things we add onto the necessities are those we want for our statuses and not vital for the event.

In conclusion: if not a glamorous funeral, it'll be news of today and come tomorrow there'll be a new story of the day to talk about. To die isn't fashionable and so is burying, but then, why us want such an unimportant element into it? What's more important about a funeral is affording the basics and as for the rest it's what we want for us to boost our egos whilst at the same time find that we're even not doing what the deceased would normally do. Organize a send-off that is aligned to the deceased. Another factor to the funeral is the message we leave the bereaved family with as it lasts with them longer than many may think, it should be tailored per the deceased's journey with us, and not think will sit well with us and special others. The theme should reflect the image of the deceased, nothing more if not a bit less...dp