A thread to discuss funeral experiences after the discussion in the secret celebrity thread
This is pretty standard at Irish funerals. The family of the deceased line up and the mourners file past one by one offering condolences, handshakes, hugs etc. I agree there’s something nice about it but at the same time if it were me I’d find it incredibly difficult. It’s a lot!I don’t know what sort of thing you discussed in the other thread so sorry if this isn’t relevant!
But a funeral I went to recently, the bereaved widow of the dead person went and stood at the end of the path on the way out of the crematorium when the service had finished, so everyone had to file past her and talk with her, commiserate with her, hug her etc. My brother who I was with said it was kind of like a meet and greet lol. I thought it was quite nice in a way, as she got to speak to every person who had attended and made it more personal. But me and my brother both agreed we were glad we didn’t do that at my Dad’s as it would have been quite overwhelming for us. It was about a hundred people for her to chat with, not easy when you are weepy.
I’ve been to my fair share of family funerals and we’ve always done this. I didn’t realise it wasn’t the done thing until I attended the funeral of a friend’s dad recently and they scarpered off to the wakeI don’t know what sort of thing you discussed in the other thread so sorry if this isn’t relevant!
But a funeral I went to recently, the bereaved widow of the dead person went and stood at the end of the path on the way out of the crematorium when the service had finished, so everyone had to file past her and talk with her, commiserate with her, hug her etc. My brother who I was with said it was kind of like a meet and greet lol. I thought it was quite nice in a way, as she got to speak to every person who had attended and made it more personal. But me and my brother both agreed we were glad we didn’t do that at my Dad’s as it would have been quite overwhelming for us. It was about a hundred people for her to chat with, not easy when you are weepy.
Oh same. I think it’s nice but also can be awkward as you’re forced into having a chat with them.I don’t know what sort of thing you discussed in the other thread so sorry if this isn’t relevant!
But a funeral I went to recently, the bereaved widow of the dead person went and stood at the end of the path on the way out of the crematorium when the service had finished, so everyone had to file past her and talk with her, commiserate with her, hug her etc. My brother who I was with said it was kind of like a meet and greet lol. I thought it was quite nice in a way, as she got to speak to every person who had attended and made it more personal. But me and my brother both agreed we were glad we didn’t do that at my Dad’s as it would have been quite overwhelming for us. It was about a hundred people for her to chat with, not easy when you are weepy.
I’ve been to a funeral like this, it was so awkward as I didn’t know the family. It was really weird.I don’t know what sort of thing you discussed in the other thread so sorry if this isn’t relevant!
But a funeral I went to recently, the bereaved widow of the dead person went and stood at the end of the path on the way out of the crematorium when the service had finished, so everyone had to file past her and talk with her, commiserate with her, hug her etc. My brother who I was with said it was kind of like a meet and greet lol. I thought it was quite nice in a way, as she got to speak to every person who had attended and made it more personal. But me and my brother both agreed we were glad we didn’t do that at my Dad’s as it would have been quite overwhelming for us. It was about a hundred people for her to chat with, not easy when you are weepy.