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Does anyone work in the funeral industry?
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"Hmm now I'm debating if this is for serious reasons or something a wee bit kinky."
It's serious but yep, no friend involved. I'm through to round 2 of the selection process with a funeral director and just wanted a natter about the business in general. Death holds no mystery for me. |
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"I used to be an undertaker..... didn’t like it much ... was a bit of a procession and the hours nearly killed me "
Was it your own business? By the look of the questions I was asked to reply to, it's not straightforward at all and emotional way beyond grieving.
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"If my life had worked out the way I intended it to my answer would be yes, but alas, it's a no from me
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Was it an ambition?"
Absolutely!
From a young age I knew that I wanted to something related to death, I'm not afraid of it, not creeped out by it. I find it fascinating yet totally respect it.
I visited a few funeral directors as a teen to put the feelers out and get as much info as I could. Was told to get back in touch as soon as I got a driving licence.
Turns out "my twitchy thing" is actually photo sensitive epilepsy and I'll not drive unless I go on medication and be twitch free for a decent amount of time so I never bothered.
At 18 I was accepted onto an embalming course at college. The mother made me take the job at the petrol station I got offered at the same time .... coz she wanted rent off me.
Yep, proper set me up for life there mother!
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"No I don't but I've known some people who shouldn't be allowed near the living!
I'm a retired Midwife and I know of a few Midwives that shouldn't either!"
I can vouch for that too!! |
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"So sorry to hear that, I feel it takes a special something to deal with death.
Have the rules changed about driving yet?
(please say hi to you partner in crime for me please)"
The way I am personality wise now I don't think I could do the "peopley" side of it, I think dealing with the families would drain me too much emotionally but the "body" side of it I'd be fine with, respect and in fact feel honoured to be in a position of such trust.
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"So sorry to hear that, I feel it takes a special something to deal with death.
Have the rules changed about driving yet?
(please say hi to you partner in crime for me please)
The way I am personality wise now I don't think I could do the "peopley" side of it, I think dealing with the families would drain me too much emotionally but the "body" side of it I'd be fine with, respect and in fact feel honoured to be in a position of such trust.
B says hi
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It's the body bit that I'll hopefully will be dealing with too. |
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"Lord so you've gone from one end of the spectrum to the other."
Ha! Actually, they are shockingly similar, and rightly so, both very normal and unavoidable. I've cuddled many a dead baby with a grieving family and watched women giving up something of themselves at the moment of birth to become mothers and the following grieving process. |
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