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Post by msdemos on May 25, 2022 20:12:47 GMT
 SAVE FERRIS
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Post by theravenking on May 25, 2022 20:43:48 GMT
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Post by ant-mac on May 25, 2022 20:48:03 GMT
I've attended a few in my time. The first one I remember was my father's when I was 12 years-old. This was followed by a string of funerals for family or friends over the years.
However, a little over a decade ago, I decided that the only other funeral I plan on attending in the future is my own... and only if I can't think of a way of avoiding it.
PS - I did not attend the funerals of my mother or another distant family member.
I prefer to do my grieving in private.
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Post by Marv on May 25, 2022 20:53:31 GMT
If I knew them well enough to mourn them, and can attend, I usually do. There have been an exception or two where I didn't go, but that's rare these days.
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Post by James on May 25, 2022 23:50:57 GMT
Don't think I've gone to any traditional one, but we had a memorial for a student who got in a car crash.
In general, I don't really like attending them due to the depressing atmosphere and all but I'm definitely not against having them either. And I would attend if I knew the person well enough at least.
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Post by novastar6 on May 25, 2022 23:54:51 GMT
Never been to one actually. I'm fine with it.
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Post by Catman on May 26, 2022 10:57:37 GMT
Catman again chooses other. He does not plan to even attend his own funeral.
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Post by ant-mac on May 26, 2022 11:00:32 GMT
Catman again chooses other. He does not plan to even attend his own funeral. I wish you the best of luck with that plan, mate. 
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Post by sweetpea on May 26, 2022 17:21:00 GMT
Attended more than a dozen, unfortunately 6 in the past 12 years, 4 were my brothers & my mum. I swear the next one better be me, although I said to take a vacation & spread my ashes somewhere in the Mediterranean. So I wouldn't count  |
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Post by Ass_E9 on May 27, 2022 0:26:48 GMT
As long as I'm not expected to deliver a eulogy, it's all good.
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Post by mystery on May 28, 2022 17:14:52 GMT
I think funerals are awful. The bereaved family is dealing with their grief, which is a hard enough as it is, and then they have to put on a show for a bunch of other people and try to hold it together. I sometimes think it would be better if the burial was attended only by immediate family members, and when they're ready to say their final goodbyes later on, then they can have a bigger ceremony for the deceased. I think funerals are just too much of a burden for people who are already going through hell. It almost seems cruel.
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Post by merh on May 28, 2022 18:03:19 GMT
Funerals are for the living.
The dead don't care.
They're past it.
I have attended many for family
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Post by Catman on May 29, 2022 0:57:35 GMT
The dead don't care. They're past it. Really?  Jeff Myrtlebank might disagree.
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Post by Archelaus on May 29, 2022 4:36:01 GMT
I attend funerals for my relatives and friends whom I got to know. For the past two years, I attended several funerals, which were held for those in my grandparents' generation (who died in their 80s) and one cousin who died in her 40s. It's generally sad as I was close to some of them, but thankfully there's some upbeat religious music to help soothe the pain.
Right now, I can't bear to attend another one and see their corpse in their casket. I mostly attend to pay my respects and serve as a pallbearer if asked.
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Post by politicidal on May 31, 2022 19:47:43 GMT
Sometimes necessary.
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