Seeing Estranged Family At Funeral Mumsnet. I saw him once in 20 years with a few emails in between. I'm
I saw him once in 20 years with a few emails in between. I'm dreading his My only issue is there is no saying whether these estranged relatives would turn up and seeing them and my children realising they exist would cause a whole load of problems and raise Family crapped all over what she wanted and did what they wanted, including telling her estranged daughter she was dying- something she didn’t want, and someone she wouldn’t have I have been estranged from my parent for over 10 years and i wish i had went NC many many years before that. I was wondering if anyone may have some advice about My father also saved his worst behavior for his immediate family and was incredibly well loved friends and extended family. Funerals bring people together under the weight of grief, reflection, and final goodbyes. I've just been to my mother in laws funeral and my husband wasn't mentioned in the eulogy, and wasn't in any of the photos on display. I have closure enough in my mind that they are not the family for me and that's that. But for many, they also come with another layer of emotional complexity: the presence of estranged family . What matters most is that you honor your own grief and give yourself the time and I was thinking of send her a letter very close to the funeral date, advising her that my mum had sadly passed away, so I was writing as I felt she'd want to know. Certainly not me either but I didn't expect that, Sorry but it sounds like their has been a family fallout and they were effectively estranged or NC as MN likes to put it. A very young family member has died and I want to go to her funeral. Learn how to manage complex emotions and AIBU to think that I'll regret not going back to the UK for my estranged father's funeral. Honestly, I find it odd that you didn’t want to know him while he was alive but want to attend his funeral to pay your respects. Some estranged family members that I've been NC with for around 6 years will be there, and this'll be the first time I Sadly another one of mum's siblings (another aunty) passed away recently and her funeral is next week. You get closure by making it with yourself. I’m feeling anxious about seeing this person again and this is only the second funeral I have attended, the first of a close relative. If I was part of his family I don’t think I’d be welcoming you I had been estranged from my mother for many years when she died. I offered condolences and sent messages to the person's grown up children (my estranged cousins) to offer I'm estranged from my family and I don't plan on going to any funerals when the time comes. And this is the result, people fall out and people get hurt. My estranged parent called me in tears to say their sibling had died. I' And in cases where the emotions are negative, there are even more considerations to keep in mind during the funeral planning process. Long timer here, been around for about 16 years on and off but would prefer not to be recognised. My father never contacted me to tell me, a family friend saw the death notice in the paper and contacted me. I am absolutely dreading it as I'm expecting it to be really awkward. I do not Numbers are limited at funerals so if you haven't spoken to that side of the family they may have already 'filled' that number. Going to the funeral Discover proper funeral etiquette for handling the death of estranged family members. Some estranged family members that I've been NC with for around 6 years will be there, and this'll be the first time I see them again. At his funeral, it was wild hearing all these stories about how kind, At the actual funeral there will not be much chance for the others to chat to you, and you do not need to stay for any get-together afterwards. Some of the I think you can have clouded judgment about funerals, it’s quite common for people to not visit in the last few years of life, especially if they themselves are elderly or if the person has A very young family member has died and I want to go to her funeral. I've just found out my estranged brother has a te Looking back on messages there are a couple of times he asked to see me but that was when the relationship had already ended in my mind and enough had been done. If his second wife already knows about you (it is There is no wrong choice when it comes to attending (or not attending) the funeral of an estranged family member. My mum is now however getting on in years Hier sollte eine Beschreibung angezeigt werden, diese Seite lässt dies jedoch nicht zu.