Do you read the obituaries on a daily basis?

Ralphy1

Ralphy1

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I do, and most people that I know of a certain age do. Why we we do is sort of an enigma, but I guess it is to see who we might know have gone. So, do you find yourself checking yet?
 

But don't you want a nice write-up for your friends and relatives to read when you go?
 

But they might be disappointed not to read of you and your passing. So aren't you being selfish by denying them this pleasure?
 
As the old joke goes... "I check the Obits before getting out of bed.. If I'm not listed, I get up"

No I don't as a rule check the Obits.. every once in a while I think of someome from the past and will do an obit search to see if they are still alive..
 
I do not read obituaries, never have. However, I am surprised at how many people do!

Last year when my husband died, I was shocked how many people (acquaintances over the years) all around the country, reached out to me with notes and cards. It was just surprising to me.
 
Yes, Bonnie, I had the same experience 4 years ago when my husband died, I was astounded at the good will of so many people, it certainly does help at
a most depressing time.
 
This is what I said to one of my bosses many years ago:

" The first thing I do every morning is read the obituaries. If I'm not in them I get dressed and come to work. If you're not in them I come in a bad mood."

Yes, I check the obits daily.
 
Only sometimes when checking through my home town's local paper online, I have learned of the passing of some good old friends and it has been an real eye opener, knowing that people I knew in high school or an old boyfriend are no longer around. Makes me remember happy times from the past and appreciate my present life.
 
When i had a daily local paper i use to look at the death column just to see if it was anyone i knew .
i don't have a paper now so have no idea whose died.
I do not want anything in the paper for me .i want to slip away without much ado .
 
I don't take a newspaper, and wouldn't know anyone in the death columns anyway, even if I was interested enough to read the obituaries.
 
First thing my husband does after breakfast is read the daily paper all the way through
and that means the obituaries too.
When he's through with the paper I read it from front to back and I read the obituaries as well
as all the news and the entertainment section.

When my mother died some years ago many people sent cards, brought food to our home and
attended her service. It was a comfort to me and many from some distance away would not have
known if they had not read the notice in the paper.
 
I have read them every day since my late teens-early 20`s. Actually started because I was reading the Marriage Licenses Issued and the Births,which were on the same page. Eventually the marriage licenses were dropped and many newspapers no longer publish the Births. I actually read the Obits in four different papers (online). Three where I grew up and one where I live now. In fact,just yesterday I saw the obit for the younger sister of an old high school friend who I still stay in touch with via Facebook. Her dad and my mom worked together for a small company back in the 50s and 60s and were good friends. Her parents are still living. There was nothing on her FB page about her sister`s death so I wouldn`t have known until I next chatted with her.
 
SifuPhil said:
I don't, but I've known a few realtors that do - they got some great bargains on houses and apartments, especially in crowded places like NYC.
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Many different motives in checking out those OBs .... women looking for an old lonely (wealthy) man who's wife has just died..:D
 
Oh yes! There are even people who search obituaries for funeral services dates and then rob the home of the deceased or their families,knowing everyone will be gone. Nice,huh?
 
another .... trying to figure out where you stand in the percentages ....

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