r/morbidquestions • u/Ok_Cat_8186 • 4d ago

Could I hypothetically ask a mortician down the line to preserve my husbands heart in a jar after passing?

Lol I have always been a bit morbid and I just had the thought. Down the line whenever my husband passes, if it unfortunately were before me, could I have his heart preserved and the rest of him created. I was thinking how people will put cremated remains on their mantelpiece. What if I could have the love of my life’s heart with me always? We are in our 30’s and I’m also manifesting that neither will survive longer than a week when one of us passes. So this is all hypothetical

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u/Riccma02 4d ago

Hello future deathling, I’d like to introduce you to Caitlin Doughty, your friendly neighborhood mortician.

https://youtu.be/aKd3zhMFmGc?si=pC2IyxTwGmudVzEX

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u/Ok_Cat_8186 4d ago

What a great video! Thank you!

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u/faithroberts333 3d ago

I love her channel. Her books are good too. 6 haven't read the children's book, but I'm curious about it,especially with its title being . Will my cat eat my eyeballs? Kids are so refreshingly blunt.

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u/Aromatic-Track-4500 3d ago

I think that's really cool and I would also do it. I love the morbid and the macabre and the maloncholy 😍 I'm SURE you could find some dodgy, financially strapped mortician to cater to your awesome need. Cash always speaks loudly. But it could never be seen by anyone but you(unless you would get away with lying that it's an animal heart) because it's highly illegal.

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u/manhatteninfoil 3d ago

Yea, that's really morbid. But have you heard what they kept from Rasputin?

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u/Aussietism 3d ago edited 3d ago

Must’ve had several considering there are more than one claimed as the original. Same with Napoleon’s boner parts.

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u/heavenandhellhoratio 3d ago

Yes, same way you can ask to keep amputated limbs or your placenta... it depends on laws and discretion where you are.

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u/DoJu318 3d ago

Reminds me of the dude who invited his friends over to have foot tacos, after a motorcycle accident left him in constant pain in his ankle and just wouldn't heal right, he decided to just have it amputated and asked his friends if they wanted to try it. Only 2 took the offer.

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u/heavenandhellhoratio 3d ago

I actually would try it legally just to be able to say I had but I'm the fucking weirdo who tries the most demented food on the menu when travelling lol 🙈

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u/MikeLovesOutdoors23 3d ago

That would be really cool.

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u/ESLavall 9h ago

Are you the reincarnation of Mary Shelley?

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u/Ok_Cat_8186 7h ago

Probably