I have a family member who is a Chief Mourner too - she was infuriated lately when a cousin passed away and she didn't know that the person had been sick so missed out on taking over and moving in for the final days (another cousin did who was asked by the sick family member) Our Chief mourner no longer talks to that cousin its ridiculousShe makes me want to drink even more
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She reminds me of my cousin who gets very affected by things especially death (we call her chief mourner for hire ) and when a colleague of hers (they were not close) was very sick she kinda just invaded her family space. Totally uninvited but we reckon they just assumed they were close. Sat in the 2nd row at the funeral with some of the girls family.