The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #93975 Message #1813951
Posted By: Little Hawk
19-Aug-06 - 03:33 PM
Thread Name: BS: Funerals and Other Boring Stuff
Subject: RE: BS: Funerals and Other Boring Stuff
I share your unenthusiastic feelings about (most) funerals. Why do people go to them? Well, I think they are often not exactly sure themselves what the answer is to that question.
Given that it's a social custom, they feel obliged to, I guess, but it's safe to say that most people do not in the least enjoy being at a funeral. To take small children along is simple weird, in my opinion.
What it often amounts to is: you pay a bunch of professional strangers a lot of money to put you and a whole bunch of other people through a totally creepy, depressing, and bizarre experience.
When my father passed away recently, my mother and I decided to have no funeral whatsoever, because we saw no good reason to. I haven't heard anyone complain about it so far.
I have, however, seen the odd funeral which was handled in a really good way and which certainly had its good points as a gathering for the bereaved and a send-off for the departed.