Have you ever been to a funeral?

[Iceglow]

I have been to too many funerals to be honest. They are sad affairs even when there was release in the form of death for the person. I have never been to a funeral where I cried in public though, sorry it isn't my way I might cry a few tears the night someone dies alone in my room or something but I then never shed another tear for that person. I can't I don't see the point in being weak for people.

The last funeral I went to was with Twisted Tinkerbell, her Nan had just died and she was really, really close and nice to Tinker's. Her funeral was the first time I had turned up not in all black. We were forbidden to wear black so I wore grey trousers with a pale yellow shirt.

I miss Tinker's nan still, she was a lovely person and I was glad to have known her.

[Shauna]

I've been to two - my cousin, and my great aunt. It was... sad, indeed. I wouldn't worry about crying, a lot of people do.

[Lost Number]

Been to a funeral once, I was a pallbearer. Gods I hate funerals. Not QUITE as much as I hate weddings.

[Alastair|UK]

ive been to one she was like my mums best friend from when she was younger and been friends ever since she was my god mother or whatever and we was really close she had family and everything she died of cancer last year and if u are wondering how close we where she left my mum my brother and me money i got £1000 my brotehr got the same and i donno how much my mum got but no one els got left money it was the worst day of my life and still is and i was crying like hell and normally im the last person to show emotion for other people

[yumi]

I went to my granma's when I was about 9. It was really nice as it was more of a celebration of her life than a mourning of her death. And in true Irish stlye ended up in the pub for a few drinks to send her off.

[Jigsaw]

Yes, my Grandpa. I didn't know him too well because he lived so far away from me, but it was still very sad, because they told some stories about him that I had never heard, and they was very interesting. He was a farmer and he had all sorts of animals, but he specialized in chickens and everyone would ask for eggs from his farm because they were so good. After that I've asked for stories from all of my family members.

[Lawr]

I've been to 5 three were open casket.

[Vikeve]

Ive been to a couple funerals none of them I have seen my family members crying in but theres a lot of remenicing (if I spelled that right ><) and a lot of people walking up and saying how sorry they are.

I remmeber being bored when I was younger but really there not that boring or overdramatic. Becusae in my oppionion being all hysterical about the family member dead and screaming would be disrespectful.

All the fubnerals ive been to all have seemed melow and fragil but not crazy.

Open casket ones sort of freak me out when I look at there lifeless bodies but now im not so much afraid as I was its a little chilling knowing that person when she was alive and then seeing her lifeless.

[Miriel]

I've been to 3.

One for my great Aunt when I was pretty young. It was open casket and my Mom kept telling me to go up and pay my respects or something and I started to cry cause I was scared and I didn't want to see a dead person.

2nd one was for one of my high school teacher's baby who died after only a week after he was born. They knew the chances of survival were slim, they decided not to abort, it was really heartbreaking.

3rd one was for a 17 year old girl I knew in High School. She had leukemia. I think her's was the saddest funeral of all.

[ama124]

I've been to one.

It was my great grandma's and it was quite some time ago, maybe around 10 years ago. I dont remember too much about it

[fantasyjunkie]

If you don't know or care about the person who died, it's almost too boring to handle.

Oh, this is so true. The boredom is horrible.
I've been to for too many funerals to count. When my grandfather on my dad's side died everyone threw a party and celebrated after the funeral because he was such a jerk. My grandmother and uncle actually took a cruise on a ship because they were so glad he passed away. A lot of us were not sad to see him go.
The saddest was when on of my 5 year old inlaws died because her parents neglected to send her to a doctor in time when she was really sick. They thought it "wasn't" serious enough to warrant a doctor's visit. That was a sad funeral.

[Quindiana Jones]

Whenever I get too bored I laugh, so perhaps I shouldn't go to uncaring funerals?

[~*~Celes~*~]

I've been to nine of them, most of them of family members. The most recent one was my band director's dad, which was still sad even though I didn't know the man because my band director is like a father to me, and to see him hurting like that made me really sad. Before that one was my friend's Grandpa and I cried because he kinda grew on me as a grandpa as well. Before that one was my own grandpa, he died of a heart attack...I wasn't that close to him because his wife (my dad's step-mom) prevented him from spending time with us and made him spend time with her kids instead...it truely was sad because I really wanted to get to know him. I cried at most of the funerals except for the first few because I was too young.

[Evastio]

I've been to too many funerals.

[Shlup]

Not since I was eight years old, but, yeah. Saw the bodies at both my great grandma's funeral when I was a kid. When I was... I think sixteen my last great grandma died, but we only had a memorial service at her daughter's house 'cause the funeral was in Texas and I was not invited.