I chose other. It does bother me and I think it is the choice of the individual person if they go up to the casket. When my father died I did not go into the viewing and it was made clear by my mother that I did not wish to. My brothers and sisters were understanding. When my mother died my sisters made the arrangements. They told me the casket would be open but there would be no formal ceremony of anyone going up it was up to the individual. They even told me that they had checked out the small chapel and that I would probably be more comfortable in the back. I don't know who sat with me but it was one of my family members. So it wouldn't look strange for me to be in the back by myself. I think it was my brother-in-law and a young niece and nephew.
Any way I have given instructions that there is to be no viewing at all when I die. I would like to be cremated (Sp?) and have my ashes split and sprinkled in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
