"In Loving Memory"

[Shirley Schmidt]

Can anyone out there help me understand why people feel compelled to put a memorial to someone on the back window of their automobile?

I don't quite get it.

[Shocker85]

Different cultures, different religions, and different ethnic groups have unique traditions in a lot of areas.

You don't have to get it. In a culturally diverse society, there are many things I don't understand, but I accept them. My heritage is from central Europe - I don't get Sushi, but that doesn't mean it isn't OK for those that do.

--'85.

[Shockfan8]

Re: "In Loving Memory"

Can anyone out there help me understand why people feel compelled to put a memorial to someone on the back window of their automobile?

I don't quite get it.

I don't know for sure......But I think it means they are dead

[Shirley Schmidt]

I don't know for sure......But I think it means they are dead

No kidding.

I understand that they are dead.

Both of my parents are dead, I do not have a memorial for them on the back windshield of my car.

[Shockfan8]

This is America (for a little bit longer) they can do what they want to.......Except put it on the front windshield because that's against the law....LOL

[Awesome Sauce Malone]

I have one on my car.

It is for my little brother who committed suicide a couple of years ago.

My parents actually owned the car *still do* and I myself think the said memorial is cheesy but with respect to my parents I have left it on even though they have told me I can remove it.

[RoyalShock]

I have seen these, too and thought they were odd. It does seem as though the one being memorialized is a young person. I suppose some feel they are honoring the deceased and perhaps it aids them in the mourning process.

I've also thought that laying a memorial at the location of a crash site was strange.

I've never lost a close family member that was young, so I just assume that it is something I can't relate to.

[SubGod22]

I always thought the memorials on the side of the road were odd until a friend of mine died in a car accident. Personally, I've never actually stopped there but it is a reminder of what can happen and how precious life is. Every time I drive by I remember him and think about things and my life and say a little prayer.

Although I don't need a physical reminder anymore. Just passing that section I seem to know/remember it.

[ShockerFever]

Re: "In Loving Memory"

Can anyone out there help me understand why people feel compelled to put a memorial to someone on the back window of their automobile?

I don't quite get it.

Try losing a close friend/family member well before their time and get back with me.

[Shirley Schmidt]

Try losing a close friend/family member well before their time and get back with me.

So going “before your time” is the criteria for publication on the back windshield of a car?

I always thought that when you went it was your time, no matter what the age.

Thanks for the clarification.

[engrshock]

Try losing a close friend/family member well before their time and get back with me.

So going “before your time” is the criteria for publication on the back windshield of a car?

I always thought that when you went it was your time, no matter what the age.

Thanks for the clarification.

Yeah, I "always" look at obituaries and think that a 16 year old passing away is the same as a 90 year old with respect to "it being their time." It may be true to God but I just have a hard time with that.

I see no problem with the "In Loving Memory" stickers being put on cars. While I have not done so and probably would not, but why does it bother you so much? Where I usually see it is for a young person to lose a friend at a young age. I have more of a problem with people sticking all sorts of political and opinion bumper stickers all over their cars. Still, to each their own.

[Shirley Schmidt]

but why does it bother you so much?

It does not bother me one bit, I just find it strange.

[kcshocker11]

Shirley isnt your saying from Mark Twain ?

[Shirley Schmidt]

Shirley isnt your saying from Mark Twain

Yes, most of it, I added the Winston Brooks reference.

[SB Shock]

Re: "In Loving Memory"

Can anyone out there help me understand why people feel compelled to put a memorial to someone on the back window of their automobile?

I don't quite get it.

Do you have one for Elmo?