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Funerals are never easy, but mourners have a knack for making things easier strange – to the extent that These serious occasions can inadvertently become funny,
A simple question asked on a popular blog reddit The forum – “What's the worst thing someone has said or done at a funeral?” – has become hugely popular with readers, who couldn't wait to share their bizarre, often quite funny experiences.
The discussion thread is now going viral, first appeared in Spotlight Outkickpresents one accidental comedic moment after another – tinged with an unhealthy dose of just plain embarrassment.
“A friend of my father’s gets very anxious at funerals,” one person said. “Once he wanted to wish a widow good health for her and her children, but instead he shook her hand and said: ‘I wish the same for your children.’”
“That's why Luca Brasi practiced,” replied one wise guy, referring to a famous scene from “The Godfather.”
“My family is really weird,” admitted another Redditor, trying to explain their cheesy description of a stepparent's memorial service.
“I have never seen anything worse than this? My stepbrother paid his respects at his father's funeral,” he said.
,[He] Stood up in front of the whole church and told them how much his dad loved to… no joke… throw out trash. How he would throw out bags of fast food garbage to “clean up the criminals.” I’ve heard of pouring a glass of water for friends, but never of throwing out your BK Whopper wrapper in memory of stepdad Dave,” he said.
And while forgetting the name of the deceased was a common complaint from officers, at times, it was the family of the deceased themselves who made things more awkward.
One user shared, “At my grandfather's funeral in the early 2000s – my brother accidentally left his ringer on and during the prayers all you hear is “You've got motherfucking mail bayotch!”
“The family hasn't let him get over it yet,” he said.
A horrified relative has shared a very awkward moment when someone forgot to think before they spoke.
“Unfortunately, I had a cousin who died when he was 9 years old,” he said.
“I don't know who the man was, my uncle's friend or something? Anyway, he went up to my grieving aunt and uncle and said, 'It's not like you can't have another child.'”
According to the storyteller, the thoughtless attendee was called out by his family members to change his behavior.
An embarrassed grandson admitted he created uncomfortable moments for himself at a young age.
“That's probably what I said when I was 7 years old at my grandfather's funeral. I thought I was saying my grandfather had died, but my grandmother and my other 2 grandparents were still alive,” he admitted.
“'One finished, three remaining,'” his diminutive self announced to the horrified audience.
And what's horrifying is that, “At my stepdad's funeral, my mother-in-law grabbed my daughter's stomach (who was already upset and distraught) and said “what is this” and pointed out that she was fat,” another person reported.
Still others told stories of opportunistic attendees who were using the services as a social network.
“I once saw the deceased's best friend propose to the grieving widow. Outside, her father swung him along. It was like a movie!” one viewer marveled.
New Yorkers are surely familiar with the joke that people at funerals ask who will get the apartment—but one cowardly mourner kept his eyes much lower.
One grieving child explained, “My dad passed away and my uncle asked me during the funeral if he could have my dad's exercise equipment.”
But what has been found over and over again is that people can't find the right words in tough times — and end up saying the worst words possible.
“My mom died unexpectedly at age 47. I was 21,” said one person who received an unexpected condolence message.
“Our relationship was difficult, but I loved her. My therapist at the time came to me, hugged me and said I must be so relieved,” he said.
The strangest thing was probably the funeral, where the body was literally moved around so people could say goodbye.
“My niece lost her 6-month-old baby,” one horrified family member said. “They were moving the baby around so people could hold him. Weird!”
Or maybe it wasn't so weird.
One reader joked, “This is what I'm going to make my loved ones do when I die at 95.”
“Please take me to the coffin in the crowd,” another requested.
