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"By the time I was 16, I had been to five or six funerals" May be an Irish specific thing but I probably had been to 16 by the time I was five or six.
by JansjoFromIkea 2y ago
"By the time I was 16, I had been to five or six funerals"
May be an Irish specific thing but I probably had been to 16 by the time I was five or six.
- bananatype 2y agoI'd say it's also likely an Asian thing. In my country (the Philippines), it's not uncommon for people to bring their children with them to funerals. I've been to the wakes of almost every elderly family member. It was also a good opportunity, however morbid the circumstances, to connect with the rest of the extended family, even those people who I didn't realize---until then---were my relatives after all.
- Aachen 2y agoI'm 30 and haven't been to 5 funerals. Not that many people that I know died, or at least not that I know of (maybe a primary school teacher did in the meantime but I'm not living in the same area anymore). Might going to so many be a village culture thing, where everyone knows everyone and so you know of a lot more deaths?
- 01HNNWZ0MV43FF 2y agoI think I'm the most sheltered person I've ever known. 1 funeral, mid-30s. I'm expecting 1 more regular one when my dad dies, then a horrible one when my brother dies, and then my cohort will be called.