If you are one of the married couples who has put off discussing your thoughts and feelings about death and dying, make some time to begin this conversation with each other.
- How do I feel when talking with you about death and dying?
- How do I feel when I hear of someone's death?
- How do I feel about death and dying?
- Listening is key to helping someone cope with the loss of a loved one. How does that make me feel?
- I've chosen to be cremated. How does my answer make me feel?
- I've chosen to be buried. How does my answer make me feel?
- How do I feel about your choice (burial or cremation) at death?
- How do I feel about our making preparations for our eventual deaths?
- How do I feel about my eventual death?
- How do I feel about your eventual death?
- My greatest fear about my death is... How does my answer make me feel?
- My greatest fear about your death is... How does my answer make me feel?
- How did my family handle the subject of death or death itself? How do I feel about that?
- My earliest memory of death in my childhood is... How does my answer make me feel?
- How do I feel about dialoguing on death?
- How do I feel about the death of my parents?
- How do I feel about the death of one of our children?
- How do I feel about being separated from you through death?
- What are my thoughts and feelings when I hear the statement, Till death do us part?
- How would I describe you to our children after your death? How does my answer make me feel?
- Am I comfortable being with someone who is dying? How does my answer make me feel?