and frankly, it made me sick.

The deceased had been a Christian reverend. You know how when you go to church, you always get the 'Come to God or else' message? The reverend delivering the message managed to take it and twist it into that. He spent the entire time telling us how you should come to God because thats what he (dead guy) would have wanted. It was disgusting.

The worst part was the people there. I was at the funeral for a friend, shes 17. A lot of her friends were there as well. They seemed to see the entire thing as one giant social event. Ever been in a theatre when a group of teens comes in? Know that thing they do where they all sit down, then spend ten minutes rearranging so that they get to sit next to who they wanted to? They spent quite a while doing that. Then, the reception afterward. They got in a circle and sat there talking about makeup and clothes. They sat there telling eachother about what they were wearing, and how they call had so much trouble finding the right clothes. One girl was even dressed in one of those low shirts with the bra straps showing out the top.

Now, dont get my wrong, I dont at all expect everyone to come in, sit down, cry, and leave. But I would think people would at least show a little respect to the dead by not dressing like whores, or maybe just being there for the deceased and not for the social interaction.

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Funerals are for the living not the dead. Dressing like a whore is probably not appropreate but social interaction is important to the grieving proccess.

Funerals should be fun, happy times.

I mean c'mon, the good reverend is going to heaven, paradise,the happy hunting ground...

Why would any true believer be sad?

Jealous bastards, I say.

Even though I don't know the full story. I can understand why the teenagers acted like that. They could hardly have been all that close with the deceased, more likely they only went out of obligation to their parents.

So you can probably be sure that not one of them cared that the reverend had died.

Sad but true.

some people are dumb.

quote:Originally posted by Brady:

One girl was even dressed in one of those low shirts with the bra straps showing out the top.

Now, dont get my wrong, I dont at all expect everyone to come in, sit down, cry, and leave. But I would think people would at least show a little respect to the dead by not dressing like whores, or maybe just being there for the deceased and not for the social interaction.

Are you familiar with 'humanity'?



[This message has been edited by Ravendust (edited 11-02-2004).]

My grandmother's funeral was the beginning of October. While at the funeral, everyone was dressed in nice clothes (I rented a suit for the occasion), everyone was polite and respectful... except my money-sucking leech of an aunt and her bloated white trash wanna-be-a-nigger daughter. My aunt was dressed in sweat pants, and my cousin was dressed in denim capris.

The scumbag cousin of mine started fucking with my grandmother's hair before the body was taken.

I know exactly what you mean, dude. You should've thrown those cunts out, because they obviously weren't there for the right reason.

Funerals are like weddings. Excuse to get drunk and smoke a lot.

quote:Originally posted by Snoopy:

Funerals are like weddings. Excuse to get drunk and smoke a lot.

You need excuses to do that?

FUCK!

Ah, oh well. It's shitty but you're going to have to get used to the prospect of a majority of people at the majority of meaningful events won't know or give a shit about it's significane. Holy-days have become bessed-dressed, competitive holidays.

Or do something more to change it then bitch over the internet.

quote:Originally posted by Brady:

and frankly, it made me sick.

The deceased had been a Christian reverend. You know how when you go to church, you always get the 'Come to God or else' message? The reverend delivering the message managed to take it and twist it into that. He spent the entire time telling us how you should come to God because thats what he (dead guy) would have wanted. It was disgusting.

The worst part was the people there. I was at the funeral for a friend, shes 17. A lot of her friends were there as well. They seemed to see the entire thing as one giant social event. Ever been in a theatre when a group of teens comes in? Know that thing they do where they all sit down, then spend ten minutes rearranging so that they get to sit next to who they wanted to? They spent quite a while doing that. Then, the reception afterward. They got in a circle and sat there talking about makeup and clothes. They sat there telling eachother about what they were wearing, and how they call had so much trouble finding the right clothes. One girl was even dressed in one of those low shirts with the bra straps showing out the top.

Now, dont get my wrong, I dont at all expect everyone to come in, sit down, cry, and leave. But I would think people would at least show a little respect to the dead by not dressing like whores, or maybe just being there for the deceased and not for the social interaction.

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all over the world funerals always end with laughter