I'm going to a funeral later today. Part of me feel's like it's a waste of time because the drive to-and-fro totals at about four hours and I don't even know the name of the guy that died. At the same time, I feel like what I just said was disrespectful, but I never understood why someone has to read out of the Bible about what happens after someone dies for hours and hours. I would rather put flowers on a grave, say a few words, and leave it at that.
Well, at least there's food afterwards.
I totally agree. Yes, it's terrible that the guy died and great that people want to honour his/her memory, but why does it have to be such a huge ceremony? I'd be perfectly content, even if it was someone I was extremely close to, to just have a silent gathering around their grave or something. In fact, if it
was somebody I was really close to, I'd rather have a more personal ceremony than have people I've never even met standing on a stage and talking about them. I'd much rather sit around a grave and honour their memory by myself, or with a small group of people, than have a huge gathering with a bunch of people, a lot of whom probably don't even really care (I know that sounds bad, but there are a lot of people like that at funerals).
idk, I've just never been a huge fan of funerals. They don't impact me nearly as much as small, private gatherings around their grave.