Do you want to be buried with any of your jewelry?

[reader]

Cleopatra exhibit at the Franklin Institute inspires this question.

 

[missy]

No I don't because then it will not bring joy to someone else. I want my jewelry to be worn and adored just as I am enjoying them now.

 

[diamondringlover]

I have thought about this one, I thought originally I would like to be buried with my original wedding band on, but now no, I dont want to be buried with any jewerly it doesnt make sense to bury potential money or maybe someone might be able to use some of it...

 

[y2kitty]

What missy said.

 

[geckodani]

Heck no! Let someone else (hopefully a relative) enjoy the bling!

 

[Maisie]

Plain wedding band yes. Major blingage no. I want my daughters to have any jewellery I might have once I pop my clogs.

 

[Kismet]

No for two reasons: 1) I'd rather have someone else enjoy it after I'm gone and 2) I don't want some treasure hunter digging me up 100 years from now in order to get at it.

 

[Circe]

Good gods, no! I'm sentimental, but you can't take it with you.

 

[Tacori E-ring]

No! What a waste! Luckily I have a daughter to pass everything down too.

 

[qtiekiki]

No. My kids and grandkids will get my jewelry.

 

[iota15]

Hmmm... interesting, but I don't want to get dug up.

 

[gemgirl]

No,they won't be closing the lid on my coffin with me wearing any bling at all. Everyone believes that the undertakers strip the jewelry off of the recently departed before burial, so what's the point? A few momentos- yes. Jewelry- definitely no.

 

[somethingshiny]

Ditto Kismet!

I do want to be shown with my bling and then have it taken off (cleaned) and given to my family. I remembered thinking WTH when my grandma-in-law was going to be buried with her diamond (her daughters' choice, not hers). She didn't even have it when they got married so I didn't think it had crazy significant value sentimentally. I suggested that it should be left up to her husband and he had them remove it so he could keep it.

 

[TravelingGal]

PSers are a savvy bunch, and I'd be surprised if anyone would want to be buried with their bling (unless it's some sentimental reason). Most of us appreciate our pretties too much to let it sit underground...the lighting conditions are horrible down there!

 

[missy]

PSers are a savvy bunch, and I'd be surprised if anyone would want to be buried with their bling (unless it's some sentimental reason). Most of us appreciate our pretties too much to let it sit underground...the lighting conditions are horrible down there!

 

[tigian]

No, I'd rather my children or other relatives make use of it.
My grandmother didn't specify what she wanted done with her jewelry and it was a point of contention between my mom and aunts. They resolved it, but there were a lot of hurt feelings involved. Unfortunately, normally easy decisions get much more complicated when the death of a loved one is involved.

 

[LaurenThePartier]

I don't want to be buried at all, so no. As they say, you can't take it with you, and because I've already seen how much fun it is to give pieces to people you love and see them enjoying it, I'll probably just continue to do that for the rest of my life.

 

[Indylady]

No!!

 

[risingsun]

I had a pendant made by Leon as a memento of my cat, Abby, who died this spring. My best friend died two weeks later. I have had many losses during the past few years. This pendant is now in memory of all of these losses. I will wear it when I am buried. I am also going to have a plain wedding band made. I will wear that, as well. My bling will be left to my sister and my daughter, but these two pieces will go with me when the time comes.

 

[TravelingGal]

OK, here's a question...if you HAD to take one piece with you, which would it be?

I'd probably take a bracelet that TGuy gave me. First and only piece of jewelry he's ever bought me that he picked out himself. Monetarily, it has the least value, but is one of my most sentimental pieces.

 

[TravelingGal]

I had a pendant made by Leon as a memento of my cat, Abby, who died this spring. My best friend died two weeks later. I have had many losses during the past few years. This pendant is now in memory of all of these losses. I will wear it when I am buried. I am also going to have a plain wedding band made. I will wear that, as well. My bling will be left to my sister and my daughter, but these two pieces will go with me when the time comes.

You beat me to my question, RS! And I think that is very poignant. I like the idea of having a wedding band made as well. That is very touching and beautifully expresses your love for your husband.

 

[HollyS]

To bury someone with their jewelry is to waste good jewelry.

How would we have family heirlooms if everybody did this??

 

[Amber St. Clare]

No. I want my son to take what he wants for his {future} wife/children and my neices to have something. I DO, however, want to be buried with a bottle of the ORIGINAL Chloe perfume. That fragrance has been my absolute favorite for over 30 years.

 

[risingsun]

I had a pendant made by Leon as a memento of my cat, Abby, who died this spring. My best friend died two weeks later. I have had many losses during the past few years. This pendant is now in memory of all of these losses. I will wear it when I am buried. I am also going to have a plain wedding band made. I will wear that, as well. My bling will be left to my sister and my daughter, but these two pieces will go with me when the time comes.

You beat me to my question, RS! And I think that is very poignant. I like the idea of having a wedding band made as well. That is very touching and beautifully expresses your love for your husband.

Thank you, TGal.

 

[susimoo]

All my pieces will go to my darling daughter, Sara. Each and every last one. Even my wedding band, plain 18 carat gold, which I am never without. My husband has and will always be in my heart, no need to take the band with me. His love will always be with me, band or no band. It will be hers to do as she pleases.

Also, when I was on holiday in the Dominican Republic for the millennium, we stayed in a very small village that was made up of mostly french people and locals. A very rich french woman had died and rumour had it that she was buried with her expensive jewellery.
Less than a week after her burial, her grave was desecrated, her coffin dug up and jewellery removed. .

So no, when I go, my earthly belongings will stay here.

 

[lyra]

Don't plan on a burial, so the answer is nothing. What is done after I pass is of absolutely no concern to me.