Well I'm off to the funeral of my mother's last remaining sibling this morning; my mam was the youngest of ten and now the only one left. My aunt who has died was 87 and was a happy go lucky character who has enjoyed her life very much, so more of a celebration of her life for me rather than a sad occasion. This brings me to the point of this thread...Why is it that it seems to take some one to die to bring family together? I will be meeting loads of cousins etc today and I know we will all have a laugh and joke and then promise to keep in touch bla bla bla, and then will probably not see each other again until someone else in the family pops their clogs.. All a bit sad really..
Funerals over here are completly different. They last from 3 to 7 days, depending on age and where they stand in the community. Non stop party, with a mind numbing bass speaker pumping out.
Aye you're right Reg, it's the same for me. I have family all over the country & as you say, only time we all meet up is for a funeral.
Thats so true. My old man was from a big family and I've been up to all my aunt's and uncles funeral's, I guess to represent my dad, and and as an excuse to see my cousins. No one gets married anymore!! Or have christenings! Or celebrate big birthdays! So there are never any good reasons for big family get togethers anymore! To make matters worse, funerals never seem to co-ordinate with home games, so that I can kill 2 birds with 1 stone!!
Don't know about funerals but killers bring my family together. Back in my facebook days there was about 15 of us all communicating at the same time for the first time in over a decade. Raoul Moat and his little stand off brought us all together. Not spoke to them since.
Certainly not. I'd have taken that drink off Albert's Chip Shop if I was Made me realise where I get my twisted sense of humor. The side of me you only get to see once you know me well.
Same here RAW, my Gran's hanging in there with Alzheimers at the minute, when she does die it'll be the first time the entire family have been together since my granddad died 25 years ago. There's been numerous weddings, mine is later this year and not even half of them are invited, we just don't get on very well. I make effort to see the ones I like as often as I can, but the rest are strangers to me, nothing personal, I just don't find them interesting enough to bother with.
My mum was from a large family, but all my cousins are now spread out across the country with their own families work etc, It only at funerals we all come together to pay respect to a lost relative. My old uncle had a pub at Christmas there was about 15 cousins all running around
Must admit that it has been a bloody memorable day with lots of beer flowing and some great crack with long lost family members..Great speech by her eldest grandson brought her personality to life..and my Aunt's own choice of music as the curtains were closing at the crematorium was " Wish me luck as you wave me goodbye", which was her all over..
It can sound a bit morbid to say this, but some funerals can be amazing experiences. I was at my ex father-in-laws a few weeks ago up in Millfield and it was amazing. He was a hell of a bloke and there was laughing and singing and great stories about the old guy. It was one hell of a send-off!!!
