Discussion What do you want your epitaph to be?

[Unlovable98]

What do you want the epitaph on your tombstone or plaque to say?

For me something along the lines of: "A victim of an unjust system and intolerant society"

 

[Teddybear]

When have you read somebody else's tombstone inscription lately? Same will go for your own "epitaph".

Sorry to break it to you rudely, but nobody cares about those. Not unless you're (in)famous or got a hint to your secret stash of cash hidden in it.

 

[Jadzia]

I won't have one. I want to be cremated with no funeral service and I don't want anything done with my ashes.

 

[actual_fox]

When have you read somebody else's tombstone inscription lately? Same will go for your own "epitaph".

Sorry to break it to you rudely, but nobody cares about those. Not unless you're (in)famous or got a hint to your secret stash of cash hidden in it.

Sorry to break It to you- but this is too long for epitath. you could just say:

"nobody cares"
Rip
Teddybear
19xx-20xx

I porb won't have one. If I would It would be- "I am free"- kinda basic but true

 

[LivideLamb]

Whenever I hang around in a cemetery (they are calm and they calm me) I always read the tombstone of people, it's interesting and it can give you an outlook on who they were and who remembers them.

For my own epitaph, I would probably like a bible verse. Not sure which one tho. Or a line from a Sylvia Plath's poems.

 

[outrider567]

'I think I'm getting better'

 

[FuneralCry]

I would personally not want any kind of plaque remembering me or anything like that, I simply don't want to be remembered, there is nothing worth remembering, I want this existence to be completely forgotten about like I never existed at all.
But if I had to choose something I would say something like 'she finally found the freedom she deserved' or 'finally gone, never to return', or something like that which emphasises the fact that I never have to suffer another day of this existence.

 

[Wait-Bus]

Nothing- I just want to be cremated and spread somewhere

 

[Mofreeko]

I don't even want a grave. Just toss me in a dumpster.

 

[Emmie]

"Sleep after toil, port after stormy seas, Ease after war, death after life does greatly please."
– Edmund Spenser

 

[Wannagonow]

My wife passed away 4 yrs ago. I had to pick out a tombstone. My name and birthdate is already on it as well. She was cremated, and I will be as well. We will share one grave. The only other thing I put in bottom corner was "Ruth 1:16". (That is the bible verse that says wherever you go I shall go...). Very sad having to pick out a stone

 

[makethepainstop]

What do you want the epitaph on your tombstone or plaque to say?

For me something along the lines of: "A victim of an unjust system and intolerant society"

To those who pissed me off, wait until I reincarnate this time.

 

[Zegers]

I want to be cremated and my ashes tossed in a forest

 

[HermitLonerGuy]

"Victim Of A Narcissist"

 

[donealready]

'They did the right thing in the end'

 

[Teddybear]

Whenever I hang around in a cemetery (they are calm and they calm me) I always read the tombstone of people, it's interesting and it can give you an outlook on who they were and who remembers them.

For my own epitaph, I would probably like a bible verse. Not sure which one tho. Or a line from a Sylvia Plath's poems.

The bible considers ctb'ing an arch-sin, punishable by an eternity in hell. And most of those tombstone inscriptions were written by the guys who arranged the funeral - not the dude who found himself buried beneath it.

 

[Per Ardua Ad Astra]

"For centuries, suicide was considered as an act of despair and despair itself was seen as the most grievous sin of all. In many religious circles, despair was seen as the most sinful of all acts and ultimately unforgivable.

Sadly, a strong residue of that remains, suicide is still seen by many as an act of despair, an affront to God and to life itself, an unforgivable relinquishing of hope. Many church people still see suicide as an act of despair and as the unforgivable sin against the Holy Spirit.

But this is a misunderstanding.

Suicide is not an act of despair and is not an act which cannot be forgiven. That suicide is an act of despair is not what the Christian Churches, and certainly not the Roman Catholic Church, believe or teach…."

Via — Father Ron Rolheiser, OMI — see his website + annual posts — Re: "Suicide"

 

[Unlovable98]

The bible considers ctb'ing an arch-sin, punishable by an eternity in hell. And most of those tombstone inscriptions were written by the guys who arranged the funeral - not the dude who found himself buried beneath it.

then why are you here?

 

[Unending]

"Thank god that's over!"

 

[Anonymous1997ES]

"I created my own hell, and didn't have the guts to keep facing it."

 

[Message In A Bottle]

Mel blanc put "that's all folks" on his tombstone - I wouldn't want to steal his, but something along those lines.

 

[Teddybear]

then why are you here?

Not for an epitaph that's for sure. Trying to leave spiffy remarks on a website like SancSu for friends and relatives so they may finally appreciate your plight after you ctb'ed is a self-defeating proposition. For most won't care to read such emotional leftovers. Either because they don't want to burden themselves with it or because they would never accept suicide as anything but the consequence of mental disease.

And the majority of those who do read such "final words" online are hellbent on shutting sites like SancSu down. I personally wouldn't know anyone who might be interested in reading mine, even if most of my friends and close relatives wouldn't have already passed away.

 

[TydalWave]

I like the idea of my epitaph being "I cannot continue to live in a house made of glass."

To add on, I would love this to be on a significant day such to draw people's attention walking by.