Asking Eric: Our Adult Children Are Going to Object to Our Burial Plans
TULSA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, JUL 7 – Shortages of burial plots are causing disputes among adult children over their parents' final resting places, with some plots located both locally and out of state.
- A person plans their burial arrangements involving separate cemetery plots for themselves and their deceased spouse, with one plot out of state and the other local, amid family objections.
- This plan follows complex family dynamics where children oppose the marriage because both spouses were deceased when they met, creating potential conflict over burial decisions.
- Experts advise the burial conversation should occur privately between the couple, encouraging selections like joint plots or non-child executors while noting cemetery plots are in short supply.
- One person expressed that during their lifetime, they would experience deep happiness at the thought of being laid to rest next to their wife forever.
- The arrangement suggests prioritizing personal wishes over family approval, reflecting the importance of early planning given limited plot availability and the possibility of unresolved family grief.
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Asking Eric: Adult children object to parents' burial plans. - Tribune Content Agency
Dear Eric: I am very much enjoying the second time around following a long and less than joyful first marriage. My problem is plans for burial. All of our children are terribly against our marriage even though both of our spouses were deceased at the time we met. Our children have virtually no relationship with […]

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Adult children object to parents' plans for burial
Dear Eric: I am very much enjoying the second time around following a long and less than joyful first marriage.
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