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[Rosalind]

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Well...Not exactly their lifetime, you know?

I don't really have any opinion on what I'd want for my funeral, since I will be dead and therefore have more important things to worry about. No doubt some folks will show up wearing their dancing shoes!

Personally, I dress up for funerals and weddings. I have exactly one somber grey-and-black dress for these occasions. But I would never presume to judge someone who may be so overwhelmed with grief that they can no longer dress themselves appropriately, you know? For funerals, you get a pass. The funeral is for the living, not for the dead--and unfortunately, the living usually attend far more than one funeral in their lifetimes. Sometimes, you get to that age when there's a new funeral every effin' year and you're wore out with making casseroles for the bereaved and picking out flowers, sad to say. And then who wore what seems like not such a big deal anymore.

 

[joebryant]

I still say that all men should get/keep themselves a funeral/wedding jacket/dress pants outfit in their closet.

 

[Knight Hawk Ranch]

I think that society as a whole has lessened their standards on morals and courtesy.

I have a 4 year old daughter and you can bet your bippy that she is learning her please/thank-yous and is dressed appropriatly when she leaves this house to go outside to play or elsewhere.

 

[al6517]

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I second that motion, it is not an unusual request. Personally A man without a suit in his closet has got more than esplainin to do.

Joe :
Here is another take on this. I also think if you guy's who don't normally wear a suit and find your self in the position to have to. Make sure you look good in it. I hate to see a guy in a suit that does not fit or look good. # 1 rule= don't take your wife or girlfriend with you to buy that suit off the sale rack at walmart, you will certainly never look good in powder blue. learn how to wear and tie a tie properly, and how to fit a long sleave oxford shirt with the proper neck size, so you don't look like billy bob off the hay truck. my best advice to you guy's is find a good buddy who knows how to do this, he will help if you ask him.

AL

 

[Wifezilla]

LOLOL...I'll be sure to tell my husband he needs to explain his lack of a suit.

 

[redhen]

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and i agree!..

 

[Buster]

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I second that motion, it is not an unusual request. Personally A man without a suit in his closet has got more than esplainin to do.

Joe :
Here is another take on this. I also think if you guy's who don't normally wear a suit and find your self in the position to have to. Make sure you look good in it. I hate to see a guy in a suit that does not fit or look good. # 1 rule= don't take your wife or girlfriend with you to buy that suit off the sale rack at walmart, you will certainly never look good in powder blue. learn how to wear and tie a tie properly, and how to fit a long sleave oxford shirt with the proper neck size, so you don't look like billy bob off the hay truck. my best advice to you guy's is find a good buddy who knows how to do this, he will help if you ask him.

AL

Many "mall stores" will have good sales on suits if you watch for them. They know EXACTLY how to fit you for one too and will walk you through it.

Also, I bought a suit at a second-hand store once for $15 and had it tailored to fit me for $35. I had an entire suit for $50 bucks and honestly, I like it just as much as my "expensive" suit.

 

[Buster]

I'm a t-shirt and jeans kind of a guy. I work construction and work on a ranch. But there is a time and place for everything. If I go to a funeral or a wedding, I look like this:

 

[PunkerTechnoRoo?ter]

I think if the death was sudden and unexpected then dressing up is a automatic deal. But if the departed was able to plan out the funeral, which a friend of mine did because of terminal cancer. Then what he or she calls for should due.

I tell everyone close to me so my plans are known even if I am 27.
Bury me cheaply (pine box behind my parents home), and bury me shallow so I can still feel the rain.

 

[joebryant]

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PLEASE DO!