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> Weddings are skipped if someone doesn't want to go to the expense of buying a gift and attending. Same for many other life events. Funerals can be skipped du
by stephengillie 8y ago
> Weddings are skipped if someone doesn't want to go to the expense of buying a gift and attending. Same for many other life events.
Funerals can be skipped due to age-old grudges against other relatives who will also be at the funeral. Wisdom often correlates with age, but age doesn't always cause wisdom - and sometimes elderly people need help moving on too.
- yourapostasy 8y ago> Funerals can be skipped due to... Without a doubt this happens all too often. I've seen less reluctance when it comes to funerals than other life events, especially if one side of the grudge is laying in the casket. For all of the fostering of connections technology has afforded us, I find it ironic that sometimes the technology drives grudges deeper and longer than if the parties know that this meeting might be the very last they ever see each other because that trans-Atlantic trip is one-way.