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Daily Discussion Thread: 🚒 🔥 🏭 Thursday, July 11, 2024 (aussie.zone)

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[–] Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 11 points 4 months ago (9 children)

Here's an odd one (to me at least).

P's are going to a funeral tm and everyone has to chip in a $fiddy.

Extremely wealthy family. I've never heard of that before. Is that a thing now?

I understand they're expensive but just never seen that before.

[–] anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Extremely wealthy and they’re insisting people chip in for a funeral? That’s extremely tacky.

I’ve heard of people asking for donations to a charity rather than flowers, but never for the cost of the funeral.

E: it would be tacky even if they weren’t wealthy

[–] danwritesbooks@aussie.zone 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

P’s are going to a funeral tm and everyone has to chip in a $fiddy.

Why though? For what?

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 3 points 4 months ago

Entrance fee?

[–] Duenan@aussie.zone 4 points 4 months ago

Very odd, I’ve been to a lot of funerals and never have been asked to chip in.

It’s up to the family to organise and decide what to do with the funeral and it’s their responsibility to finance it and everyone’s else role is to pay respects or to celebrate their life.

The only time where I might have to was when they organised a after lunch or something but I didn’t go so no idea if that ended up being split.

[–] Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 4 points 4 months ago

Me either - sounds dodgy to me. Is the funeral going to be catered??? If so, why???? Usually funeral expenses are covered by the executor of the deceased's Will as a first charge on the estate. The whole "after payment of funeral expenses and just dues and taxes" bit that nearly every Will starts off with.
Sounds like the beneficiaries of the estate want to maximise their slice of the pie to me.

[–] SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 4 points 4 months ago

Staying wealthy by being (extremely) frugal? That seems... very weird.

[–] Catfish@aussie.zone 4 points 4 months ago

What? I gave up going to funerals in the late 90s but have never heard of this.

[–] TinyBreak@aussie.zone 4 points 4 months ago

yeaaaaaaah nah. Unless its someone I'm super close with I cant see me ever doing that.

[–] dumblederp@aussie.zone 4 points 4 months ago

That'd be a pass for me.

[–] Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 2 points 4 months ago

Touch the corpse for $200