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pipi_k

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5. I was such a dumb child

Reply to UTUSN (Original post)

Thu Jul 5, 2012, 10:42 AM

Jul 2012

Back when I was a kid and I would sometimes see photos in the obits, it never occurred to me that the photos had already been taken.

Yes...I thought they were photos of the people after they were dead. And it just freaked me out wondering how they got a dead guy to smile.

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There's a sea change in obituaries: Glam pics [View all] UTUSN Jul 2012 OP

I prefer the "what they last looked like" pictures. It's hard to mentally age early pictures. HopeHoops Jul 2012 #1

If that is how they wish to be remembered, what does it matter? femmocrat Jul 2012 #2

Just hadn't seen that particular genre there before UTUSN Jul 2012 #3

Better that than the post-mortem photo popular among Victorians imo struggle4progress Jul 2012 #4

I was such a dumb child pipi_k Jul 2012 #5

"got a dead guy to smile" - Well, you had a concept of death. It was just scary to me. n/t UTUSN Jul 2012 #6

I miss the obits of the old days that actually told you something. DebJ Jul 2012 #7

We still have those here. femmocrat Jul 2012 #8

I am sure it is the expense; funerals are outrageous. DebJ Jul 2012 #12

It bothers me because I see the picture and think "So YOUNG!".... PassingFair Jul 2012 #9

Yes "so young" but the ones I'm talking about are a new generation, in their 30s/40s UTUSN Jul 2012 #10

As if you needed another time-waster HeiressofBickworth Jul 2012 #11