Death bed attire.

[curiouslooker]

I know, its an odd thing to talk about but I was thinking about it. When you finally pass on and your body has to be dealt with in whatever fashion you desire, will you want to be dressed and made up as a female?

What would you want to be wearing?

[Sarah Rabbit]

I will be dressed in my favourite dress and accessories as stated in my Last Wishes letter that my SO will have access to.

My family knows and understands

Sarah R. :bunny:

[Gabrielle Hermosa]

Oddly enough, I was talking about this very thing with my wife earlier this week.

I'm not sure how I'll meet my demise, but I know how I want to be laid to rest. I've asked my wife to transform me into Gabrielle one final time. My body will rest and rejoin the earth in the form that I was rarely allowed to enjoy in life.

My wife has some reservations about this, and I understand. No one in my family knows about Gabrielle, nor do I think I'll be telling them any time soon, if at all. She (wife) has stated that she will only do this so long as the casket remains closed to everyone once I have been placed in it and she has said goodbye. My family knows and understands that what my wife says, is what shall be, period. They know that my wife will carry out my wishes (in anything) and that they are not to question it, nor should they become angry with her for following my instruction.

I honestly don't care if my family were to see me as Gabrielle before I'm laid to rest. When I'm dead - I can't imagine being bothered by their reaction. ;) And to be honest, I kind of want them to know at some point - I just don't care to hear the remarks they might make. I love who I am, even if my family would not approve.

Let the whole world know who I really am.

When I go, it probably will be as Gabrielle. There is always the unknown though. No telling what will happen. One thing is for sure - I'm not planning on going any time soon. ;)

[TGMarla]

I used to think about that once in a while. Just fancy being put in a dress for all posterity....but then I figured, I'll be dead. I won't care. I won't derive any benefit from it. My soul, I believe, will go back to God. My feminine, my masculine, my good, and my bad, none of it will care a whit what my body is left wearing. So I'm not going to worry about it. Funerals are for the living. If my wife survives me, she can dress me in whatever she wants.

I want to be cremated anyway.

[Rachel Morley]

I won't know about it so I don't really care. I think I'd prefer all of my dressing to happen when I'm alive so I can enjoy it :)

[trannie T]

It won't make any difference as I will be dead. Just in case there is an afterlife I should be buried wearing asbestos undies.

[helenr]

Interesting topic as I have on occasion thought how nice it would be to cremated wearing a pretty shirtwaist dress, hosiery, full slip,etc. But this won't happen. I do hope somehow mother nature 'will get it right' the next time and I will be female externally and genetically as opposed to just internal mentally. One special request-only be reborn in the western world or western Europe--no Saudi Arabia, Africa, etc where women are treated worse than animals. helen

[Leanne2]

Because most of us pass on before our wives, I asked her to tuck a frilly hankie into my suit breast pocket. She said that she would do that for me. Leanne

[Karren H]

Probably my ice hockey gear............ cause I want to die scoring the winning goal in one of our playoff games!! Just tape my stick up with pink tape and I'm good to go!! YEAH!!!

[StephanieT]

Karren,

Somehow you always come up with the perfect answer. A mix of both sides.:D

[jazmine]

It's just my "container". It doesn't matter what covers "it", when I'm out of it.

[Beth785]

I plan on being cremated, so it won't really matter. But, I want my ashes in something pink and pretty!

[windycissy]

Talk about depressing! Carpe diem, that's my credo: maybe by the time you're laid to rest, your soul will belong to a baby girl somewhere, unless you've been bad of course, in which case you might come back as a black widow...

[Joanne f]

:lol: My wife was also talking to me about this last week , i said i hate the thought of ruining a good dress and i will not know so you can put on anything you like (ever get that feeling they have imminent plans for you ) and i can`t understand what that big hole she is digging in the garden would be for .

[CharlotteW]

OMG! Wifey mentioned this to me yesterday. She said she will have me dressed in stockings, suspenders.....the full hit.:)

[RavenAndrea]

Well I haven't talked to my fiance about this, but I have been thinking about being put in the ground with my sexy leather motorcycle jacket and pants and boots. Perhaps in the afterlife I could remain a biker babe.

older Andrea

[Tal'Aura]

Jolan Tru,

I think the most logical choice would be to make sure there is nothing left of my body when I feel the end is near, so there won't be anything to bury or cremate. Besides, a funeral costs a fortune and I don't want my death to be profitable for anyone.

[Phyliss]

On the series Golden Girls there was one in the 6th season where Dorothy's brother Phil had passed and was laid out in a Teddy.
Through out the series there had been references to him and CDing.

Never really got to see him dressed , but that particular eppisode was sorta funny in a way

[Nicki B]

Depressing thread.. :sad:


Honestly, it makes no difference to me - it's how I live my life that's more important? :)

[Kate Simmons]

Honestly, as Nicki said what difference does it make? I think it's all wishful thinking at best since we have no control over what our family does.

[TxKimberly]

I wanna donate my organs and science can take whats left. There wont be anything left to dress! lol

[Maura_ohio]

when im gone & my good-bits have gone to donors, they can put me in an urn.... or a trash can for that matter, for hopefully my energy will ne re-born in to a beautiful baby girl somewhere!

Maura

[Christinedreamer]

My SO and I talk about this a lt as she is not in very good health and I may not be too far behind.

I can say from past personal experiences that what is on the other side is DEFINITELY good and worth the wait.

She buried her mother in 1980 in a Christian Dior pink floor length peignoir. She told me it was exactly the sort I would love to wear myself. She sort of regrets spending so much on a casket and gown that will never see the light of day again and put her in debt. She means no disrespect to her mom, but I have to agree.

My wishes are sort of like Kimberly's- take everything out that can be used to help others and send the rest to the nearest medical school.

I want to look and feel femme and pretty in life.

After I leave here, it seems a waste of money (and a beautiful gown) to dress me up to burn me up.

Just maybe when I get "upstairs" I could pick out a beautiful gown white chiffon with a shirred bodice and a very full skirt. A floor length soft petticoat would be nice as well.

But if I go the other direction, then a fire red can can dress.

[jillleanne]

Have often thought about it, must be an age thing. Thought about having one side of me in drab, and the other completely femme, from the waist up. That would give the funeral home something different to tackle. lol One thing for sure, I will have on my most expensive stocking from stockinggirl.com, my favorite pair of panties, garter belt, heels, and the tightest, shortest skirt I own. And I am taking a complete change of clothing with me, just in case the stores are closed when I get there.

[StevieTV]

I came into this world buck naked and I intend on leaving the same way.

[carolinoakland]

One of the things I once read that started me thinking is ..... I was born a man but dammit I'm going to be buried a woman. And well stevieTV's idea will help me greet my maker with a " next time I can do with out having to do my own alterations, off the right rack next time please!" carol

[JoAnne Wheeler]

I want to be burried in my finest female attire - I want to be dressed fully with ally the proper underclothes, shoes, wig, jewelry and make-up

JoAnne Wheeler

[Karen564]

Hopefully when that time comes for me, I will already have a woman's body in every sense and will be dressed appropriately, and as time goes on, I'm thinking being cremated is best, and have my ashes spread in the Ocean, and hopefully they'll ride the tides and go somewhere warm & tropical.

Karen

[Honey]

I asked wifey yesterday (WarpedHalo) what she thought, and she is going to dress me up in my favourite footy teams gear.

As mentioned above, funerals are for the living, and if she wanted me dressed as bobo the clown, then so be it.

Once I pass on, I won't need the body, it's going to be burnt to a crisp anyways so why waste a perfectly good outfit.

[Tora]

Although I am christian, I thing I remember a possible Jewish sect that gathers your friend to give you your last bath, then wraps you up in a white sheet. Placing you into a plain pine box for the last trip. I hope by that time to have been with the Lord. Gee, I hope this CD thing doesn't offend him.

Besides, this CD stuff is great, right behind being a father, grandfather, husband, Christian, and hopefully a decent member of this society. I always get a good laugh from my four dear sister-in-laws, when I mention their bath duty.

[curiouslooker]

I wanna donate my organs and science can take whats left. There wont be anything left to dress! lol

You may want to make the arrangements now if, you haven't already. When my wife passed last year I told the funeral home she wanted this and they said she had to set it up before she passed. So, she was cremated and is sitting on my desk waiting for me to join her. :0)

[Intertwined]

What would you want to be wearing?

Too Funny, my wife asked me today, jokingly, "What heels do you want to burried in?"

I drew a complete blank and could not answer.... she caught me completely off guard...

[Emeralddragon]

In my opinion a funeral and all the associated stuff is more for the people left behind than the person whos gone. For that reason I personally think that it is up to whoever buries me how I look. Its also up to them if its open casket or not and whatever else I either dont bother to sort out in life or just dont get the time to sort out.

I will haunt the living hell out of whoever makes reference to a certain blue coloured train during whatever ceremony they have though.....