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In reply to the discussion: Ever been to a funeral where the preacher screams at the bereaved? [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)It was the oddest thing! The dead person was "better" than the "ungrateful children" who didn't appreciate the deceased's
"hard work and pain."
In actual fact, the deceased coddled the youngest, drunkard son and never held him to account, pushed away his bride who was trying to get him to make something of himself, alienated the other children while enabling the youngest's alcoholism, and the siblings getting the business from the minister were the ones who financially (and generously so, apparently) supported the deceased for decades, and were paying for the funeral!
I was a bit taken aback. It was an interesting funeral, though! I didn't know the deceased, so it wasn't like I was personally affected, but I did find the minister's behavior odd as hell.