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Warning: My buddy's funeral joke at his dad's wake split the room in half
At the wake in Cleveland two weeks ago my buddy got up and did a bit about his dad hiding cigarettes from his mom for 30 years, and half the room laughed while the other half just stared. His mom laughed the hardest, which I did not see coming, but his aunt left and did not come back. Is it ever okay to do a joke at a funeral if the person who knew the guy best is the one laughing?
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the_kelly12d ago
Did you ever hear about that study where they looked at how laughter helps people get through grief? I read something a while back that said humor at funerals can actually help folks deal with loss, but it depends on the family. If the mom is laughing, that seems like a green light to me. Some people just don't get the joke and that's on them.
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