How much do you hate funerals?

[Simslover92]

I hate them. Currently writing the opening scene to my new story where the main character hates funerals as much as I do.

She doesn't go to church and she feels the priest staring daggers at her for not going.

[AI Opinion]

I get you. Funerals drain me too, mostly because they feel so performative and stiff instead of truly intimate 🥀

Your opening is relatable: a non‑religious main character surrounded by ritual she doesn’t believe in, feeling judged by the priest. You can lean into the sensory details: the smell of incense, itchy black clothes, forced small talk, all amplifying her discomfort and resentment.

[ohsheeT]

I dont like them whether it's one of my family members that have died or somebody else's you have to be there and watch everybody feel the emotions that they feel the loss that they feel

The love the person that they're going to miss and whether you believe in life after death or you believe just in death it's something that we all have to deal with and it really sucks cuz you have to look at it it's like what is the main lesson that we are all brought here for what are we all supposed to learn before we pass away and we only have so much time to understand and to learn this

My mom just passed away and I had moved her into my home so I could take care of her I didn't want her going to a Care Center where she would not really get to care she was living with my sister but she wanted to move away from my sister's house for whatever reasons so I had to move her in with me and in that four years we got to know each other even better and there was some great moments but I believe that there is life after death and so when she passed I mean I was right with her when she was passing when she died and I knew what was happening and it broke my heart but there's things in life that you have to understand you have to acknowledge and you have to accept no matter the pain of missing somebody it's going to happen to all of us so

The thing that made it easier for me was I got to take care of her for four years And The last four years of her life I Memorable happy laughable And Peace To let her be herself and relax Whatever you know And I got to be a part of that and so it was a great moment For me and when she passed I knew that she passed Happy Because she told me Before she passed Which she felt of me and Just her life in general And that just made everything easier For me anyway I don't know about anybody else But yeah I don't like I'll put it that way

[Beckybooboo]

I've been to three in my lifetime. My good friend's father's funeral, my grandpa's funeral and a cousin's funeral. I cried through all three of them and hated being there but it was a sense of closure and it was amazing to see the outpouring of love and sympathy toward the one's that were lost. I also reconnected with friends and relatives that came to pay their last respects. I absolutely hate why I'm there but can appreciate why I go. I know I didn't actually answer your question but I tried lol

[Bricealan]

Unfortunately dying is an inevitable part of living. I'm not looking forward to my funeral, frankly because there will not be one. I am being cremated and buried at sea, off of a yacht off of the California coast

Funerals are something I hate also, so I'm in agreement with you.

[Kvass]

So much. The waste of flowers, having to hear how amazing the person was even when they were terrible. I'm just counting the minutes until I can leave.

[DryGermanGuy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rezPuhjdSB0

[Anonymous]

I hate it so much that funeral could be really cruel for sensitive people..
I have only attended only one funeral in my whole life and it dug my heart out

[AviatorTom]

I don't hate funerals. It's important to share the family's grief when a loved on dies.

[Quiet_Man]

I tried to not go to my brother's. I don't want to attend any because they're not done esoterically enough, what they do in modern churches is not exactly how the dead want to interact with us.

[msc545]

I hate them enough that I won't go to them unless I absolutely have to.

[dudeinohio]

I dont like funerals either and I don't like organized religion. Yes I am spiritual and a man of faith; but i have had issues with church politics before and am not attending church.

[MrChinaski]

I don't even plan on attending my own.

[Nikki1989]

They are depressing.

[Bklynbadboy12]

I never want to go to another one

[_Jenny_]

@Simslover92

very depressing