Nobody knows for sure what will happen to us when we pass on. What we believe will happen depends on our religion. What about atheists? Will a couple be together again after death?
I have heard about Chinese couples having different funeral arrangements for that eventuality. Some bought cemetery plots for two; some reserve an adjoining plot after a spouse died and was buried; some couples have different religions: eg. husband Christian, wife Buddhist; and so on. In some cases, a husband or wife may wish for cremation instead of burial, while the other half leaves the option open. There were cases of Taoists or Buddhists who became Christians shortly before death and had Christian funeral services.
Meanwhile ...
God decided to encourage people to have fewer children and introduced an award scheme… During the procedure at one point, he concentrated on learning about the situation in India:
He first met Jawaharlal Nehru in heaven, and asked him how many children he had during his time on earth. Nehru replied… only one!
Happy with the relatively good family planning adopted, God awarded Nehru with a Celestial Rolls Royce!
Indira Gandhi was next, and God asked the same question. She replied she had two children, and God thought, not too bad, so he gave her a BMW.
Dr. Radhakrishnan was next in line. God was not pleased to hear that he had six children, and gave him a Morris-8 as a kind of punishment…
Sometime later, the three (Nehru, Indira and Radhakrishnan) were going around in their new cars, saw Mahatma Gandhi on foot!!!
Wondering what went wrong; they asked him why God hadn't been merciful with him…
The Mahatma replied in disgust, "God did not even ask me!!! Some idiots had told him that I am the father of the whole Indian nation!"
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