11-20-2018, 02:22 PM
(11-20-2018, 12:50 PM)Benton Wrote: I don't like the way we do funerals. You make a person up, stick them on a box for display and then let people who only came out of a feeling of obligation show up and offer empty condolences.
I don't go to funerals unless its family. And, generally, I don't want non-family showing up to the funeral.
I do stop by and visit the person and check to see if there's something I can do. Pick up the grand kids from school for a few days, pick up dinner, whatever. Losing someone is difficult, and often there's a lot of things going on that can just swamp a person.
Exactly how I feel. When I went back to my niece's funeral (only 34 and if the Dr had listened to her, she'd be alive today), everybody kept saying, "Sorry for your loss" I actually wanted to knock the next SOB out that said that to me! I know they were just being nice, but it just grated on me, still does.
