I'm young and healthy but I've made a 24-minute montage to be played at my own funeral
A young and healthy woman has prepared her own funeral montage in advance to guarantee 'only the hottest photos get chosen', her best friend recently revealed on TikTok.
Jasmine, from the US, documented the moment Alexis Pinedo, who works in an American funeral parlour, played the 24-minute 'morbid' video clip during what was supposed to be a routine sleepover.
Beneath the clip, which has since gone viral on social media, Jasmine wrote: 'Having a morbid best friend who works in funeral and cemetery services is not for the weak.
'Anyone else's best friend make their own funeral montage to make sure only the hottest photos get chosen,' she added, panning the camera to a shot of Alexis.
Alexis admitted she created the photo montage in advance to guarantee her loved ones would only see her looking her best in death, while adding the nearly half-an-hour long video covered her 'whole life.
The slideshow was set to emotional music with a vision for how Alexis wanted to be remembered post-mortem.
She admitted she had thought through all the details, including who will inherit her favorite Darth Maul t-shirt, and what colour the flowers at her funeral will be.
Even though Jasmine appeared to believe Alexis' preparations were a bit extreme, the latter - who is Mexican-American - believes making these arrangements is normal.
Both her job and her Mexican heritage have helped Alexis embrace death as a natural part of life.
Plus, Alexis told People, 'I've always just been a little morbid and creepy myself'.
She also admitted she was motivated to create the montage following a motorcycle accident that Jasmine's cousin was involved in.
Though he survived, it left the funeral worker wondering what would happen if she died unexpectedly and without any preparation.
'I'm really particular, and I don't trust anybody to do things the way that I want to do it,' she said. 'If this happens to me, you make sure I'm right. Don't have me looking all crazy with two different-shaped eyebrows. I got to have my nails done. I want a specific colour of flowers.'
While she admitted that only selecting the 'hottest' photos was in jest, she emphasised the practicality of 'unburdening' her family by having something in the pipeline - should she meet a sudden and fatal end.
Time spent working intimately with people who have lost loved ones to unforeseen circumstances has made Alexis of the toll they take on their loved ones.
People in the comments found the video, which has now nearly 2 million views, othrt heartwarming and hilarious
Recalling the evening she saw the montage for the first time, best friend Jasmine said she was as much in fits of giggles and she was floods of tears.
'We were both crying watching it,' she said, joking that their families were left baffled by the two watching an early funeral screening for Alexis.
Alexis's no-nonsense approach to death has made Jasmine less fearful of death too, as she explained it has taught her a combination of 'comedy, laughing, and accepting it' to cope with it.
Reflecting on the strength of their relationship, she said people should 'hold on to' friendships like theirs - adding 'nothing is ever that serious'.
'Even death isn't that serious.'
Having planned the day of her funeral meticulously, Alexis said it would be the 'last time' she'd see the video since she wouldn't be there to watch it on the day.
People in the comments found the video, which has now received nearly 2 million views, both heartwarming and hilarious.
One commenter wrote: 'Not her having ya'll sit through a funeral montage while she's still alive.'
Inspired by the choice to prepare in advance for the funeral, a second chimed: 'I gotta do one of these, because I just KNOW my family wouldn't do me justice lol.'
A third commented: 'My grandma did the same thing. She proofed her own obituary and had to personally approve each pic in her montage. She also went out in a glittery pink casket. Queen behaviour.'
'A girl can't have a dress rehearsal for her other big day?,' one viewer joked.
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