When my brother died, my mom picked a song to be played after everyone was seated, right before the minister spoke. We all thought the chorus fit him so well, but none of us had listened to the lyrics all the way through and my poor husband was not told to just burn the chorus on CD. I was trying so hard not to laugh…

There are a lot of forgotten small family plots where I live. I think it’s sadder for them to stay forgotten than for them to become part of a community celebration.

This. Is. Love. I hope to God when I croak I still have family that gives enough of a fuck to not send me cross the river Styx lookin a hot damned mess.

My father was a self-described pagan who’d been halfway through a conversion to Catholicism when he died. None of us knew; we found out when the local priest saw his obituary and called the funeral home. I didn’t believe it until I found the Catechism in his house, full of his notes. The priest, who none of us had…

I was lucky enough, the funeral home we dealt with for my father was overall very good, compassionate and helpful beyond the call of duty. However, the morning of the funeral I got a frantic call from my best friend - a barber- about a customer she was working on. He was apparently the guy who was set to drive the…

My mom was so out of it when my dad died over the summer that she accidentally chose an urn shaped like a turtle for his ashes. My sister and I lost our shit laughing/crying when we received it and my mom just stared at it in horror. Dad would have gotten a kick out of it. Edited: sorry about your dog.

Your way sounded like what he would have liked :)

My grandmother was a sassy lady in her later years- very fond of aerosol hairspray, gold lamé detailing on her white outfits, and full makeup always. So when we went in for the viewing, her makeup was...I don’t even know. So awful that she didn’t look remotely close to herself. My cousin and mother would not stand for…

Indirect aunt/uncle is someone who is not related, but very close to the parents, so counts as an aunt/uncle.

Clothing with names is the #1 thing that prevents us for returning it or consigning it

I buy this, and I think I can see the roots of it here:

“Clothing with names is the #1 thing that leads to kidnapping”

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Thanks I’m glad someone said it. I read that question and went into full existential crisis.

“knew her PIN number””

Well, actual I hope the guys each used one. So.....25. But I’m being pedantic so sue me.

Gotta love how all the judgment is thrown that the woman, and not at any of the 25 dudes who had sex with her, presumably quite well aware of what was going on.

You mean she's not young anymore?

No, Judaism is pretty clear that almost all other rules get superseded by a life-or-death situation. It’s like the First Law of Robotics that way.

I was actually thinking of Ursula in the Little Mermaid (she's my fave), but this works too!