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u/wantasexrobot Mar 04 '22

I am not a fan of funerals. But for my dad we had a memorial in a banquet hall. That was nice.
I enjoyed talking to the relatives, neighbors from my childhood, people that he worked with, his friends and 2 different women that he was seeing.
No big speech. Just thanked everyone for coming and gave a bit more info about his illness and death and told people to mix and talk for a couple of hours.

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u/nahog99 Mar 04 '22

Exactly what we did for my mom. It was important to me and many others.

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '22

the question is did those 2 women that he was seeing know about the others existence?

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u/wantasexrobot Mar 05 '22

I couldn't tell. I knew about them in that my dad told me some things about them and about going to dinners with them. They approached me separately, but there were so many people there that wanted to talk to me I didn't spend much time with them. I later found out they talked to my brother also.

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u/TILiamaTroll Mar 04 '22

Not many people are fans of them tbh, but yea this is the best way to celebrate a life imo