Predicted Life story in Pictures ?

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A friend asked me what I thought of an idea she had for a new venture
Essentially she is talking about have photos made up using age programs for people who have lost babies/children.
Prediciting what they would look like throughout their lives had they had them and grandchildren etc.
Personally I don't feel comfortable with it, it's playing on people's grief and how can you know what
will or won't happen in someones life, it's a bit like a fairytale where everything will be good.

Asked what software etc she is thinking of using, answer was she hadn't looked into that but might consider
getting something done specifically for her needs, but isn't prepared to until she knows it will be successful.

So what are people's thoughts on this, as I have said I wouldn't be happy doing it, just doesn't seem right to me
somehow, yes I can see a market for it, but it is playing on recetly bereaved peoples emotions in my opinion.

To answer a question I know will be asked, no she hasn't lost anyone under these circumstances
 
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Sounds truly horrible! I'm tactless beyond measure but even I can see its a bad idea.
 
Just prolonging someone grief imo.
 
Thanks Guys, glad it's not just me that feels that way
 
Seems a little macabre but I'm sure there's a market for such things. Look at the Maddie preconstructions that have been done to try to get a possible glimpse of what she might look like now. Like you, I wouldn't want to be involved but I'm sure there would be a market after a decent interval had passed. Not sure what a decent interval would be or how one would easily keep a contact list (or where to look for potential customers).
 
Nod said:
Seems a little macabre but I'm sure there's a market for such things. Look at the Maddie preconstructions that have been done to try to get a possible glimpse of what she might look like now. Like you, I wouldn't want to be involved but I'm sure there would be a market after a decent interval had passed. Not sure what a decent interval would be or how one would easily keep a contact list (or where to look for potential customers).
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But in Maddie's case it is in the hope of finding her alive and reuniting her with her parents, not really the same thing.
 
Don't believe anyone would even consider it. Greif is strange.
 
The thought makes me feel very uncomfortable with the idea. Almost a sort of come and see would you would have had. Maybe there would be some interest but if I ever lost one of my boys I would want to remember them as them not what they would have been. :(
 
I know someone who would love this.

Said person is also concerning the rest of the family with her state of mind a couple of years later.

So for me? No, no, no and no.
 
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Sounds awful, but if it helps someone cope, who are we to judge?
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Yes Nat, but to me it is using people's grief to make money and that just doesn't feel right ?

Glad I'm not the only one whi doesn't like the idea
 
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I know someone who would love this.

Said person is also concerning the rest of the family with her state of mind a couple of years later.

So for me? No, no, no and no.
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That something that worries me even more, it could just be prolonging the agony and stopping people accept and move on
 
Strange at it is I could see this being done, you only have to look at the massive spiritual market there is
Making money from peoples grief has never stopped anyone before

H
 
Hmmm, makes me feel very uneasy. A big no no from me also. In one way or another, people will always profit from the death of others I guess, but this is a very odd idea. I can appreciate that there would be a market for it somewhere...
 
No.
Something I'd be very uncomfortable with too.

Not the 'profiting from someone's grief' or 'playing on their emotions' angle as such.
Many, many years ago I had a Saturday job in a florist's . . . two biggest income streams? Weddings and funerals.
I really don't believe that providing a service that grieving people want and which might help them deal with their grief is exploitative.

My issue with this idea is that even if people believe it's something they want, I personally don't think it's at all healthy to create that sort of alternate universe 'what if' fantasy.
It sounds more like mental torture to me and I wouldn't want to be a part of helping / encouraging somebody to do it.
 
No here as well. Theres a healthy grieving process - remembering them as they were. But generating photos as they may be now just seems very very unhealthy to me.
 
I've lost my younger brother and my own child, and to be honest I'm pretty disgusted at the idea. Not only would I not want it done but I think I'd feel a bit ill if someone else had had it done and then shown it to me. As far as I'm concerned it's one step away from the funny farm.
 
Hi Ingrid,

I'm inclined to agee with you all. It sounds like a sad thing to do.

I hope I never have to be in that situation but if I were, I am not sure how seeing what their life could have been like would make it any easier. If anything, I think it would make me more upset at their passing...look who they could have become etc?

Gary
 
Thanks all.
Sarah I really can see where you are coming from with the alternative universe

I told her today that I'd posed to question on a forum and the general opinion was not to do it and why
Now here's the odd thing about human nature, when it first came up not many people voiced their distaste for it
today because of the opinions here and reasons, the genral tide had turned and no one liked the idea.
 
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