And one artist has tried to take away some of the pain felt when your partner passes - by creating an sex toy with their remains literally inside it.
Mark Sturkenboom came up with the ingenious device, that holds your loved ones' ashes in a gold capsule inside a transparent dildo - and it’s been making waves at Milan Design Week.
The sex toy, aptly named 21 Grams, comes within a memory box that can play romantic music, plus a nifty scent diffuser - so you can fill the room with the deceased’s aftershave.
Understandably, this new invention has received mixed reviews, with one Twitter user commenting: ‘This is so macabre…I have no words.’
Our personal favourite response to the news however was from elleroy was here, who Tweeted: ‘Ashes to Ashes…Lust to Lust: The Dildo That Fills Your Void.’
Turns out Love is Dead after all then...