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[quote=Anonymous]I just attended a viewing/funeral for a family member that was open casket and I found it creepy and disturbing (and I say this as a horror movie fan).  My family member did not look like he was when alive, and it brought back memories of my father’s funeral when I was 14.  He didn’t look right either, and my mother forced me to kiss his corpse on the forehead to say goodbye.  It was traumatizing for me and I will never forget it, and I hate that being the last memory of my father, who was an incredible and loving father and wonderful person.  Thirty years later, when my beloved stepfather passed, I was SO glad that his final wish was to be cremated.  My mother wanted open casket and they had discussions about it while he was sick and declining, but he was firm about being cremated and no open casket (THANK YOU!!).

I can now remember him as the last time I saw him alive, and not be creeped out by seeing him lying in a casket all puffy and posed and not looking like the person I loved when he was alive. 
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