My wife wants to be buried side by side with me, preferably somewhere with a view. Who wants to tell her how expensive grave plots are in this city?
Undoubtedly, one of the best things about travelling through regional Australia is that regional TV channels still air local ads from local businesses. There is something wholesome about watching a commercial for a family pizza shop and then walking down the road and seeing the people from the ad.
The same charm doesn’t quite apply to funeral homes, however. During a recent trip to NSW’s Central West, I was sitting in my motel room thinking about livestock when a voice on the TV reminded me it was never too early to plan ahead. When you’re sharing a life, you don’t tend to talk about death all that much, especially the logistics, but I always assumed I’d be cremated. Aside from a pathological fear of small spaces, being buried feels kind of old-fashioned, a real Boomer approach to death. Like even though I am gone, I must still maintain a tiny foothold in the property market. One bedroom, no bathroom, six feet underground.
Unfortunately, no amount of statistics could compel Kate to reconsider a topic she had obviously spent a lot of time thinking about what to do with my remains. “I don’t care what most people do,” she explained. “We are being buried together somewhere nice.”
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