The whole "people you only see at funerals" concep

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Why is it that there are people in your life, oftentimes but not only members of your extended family, that only come out of the woodwork at funerals?

It’s like, they never bothered with the person while they were alive, what are they going to the funeral for? Is it some sort of guilt?

One of those bizarre human behaviors I'll never understand.

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They may have met the deceased person/relative at some point in their lives, so they may feel obliged to attend out of respect.

I have some relatives from my dad's side of the family who I seldom see. That's because a lot of the people on my dad's side of the family live in rural areas of the state. I really only see them at funerals. They likely feel compelled to drive all the way down here to pay respects to the deceased relative, even though it's a relative they didn't see very often, and to visit other relatives they don't see very often.

Funerals are as much a "family reunion" as they are last respects to the deceased.

Last edited by Descartes on 01 May 2011, 5:47 pm, edited 1 time in total.

You don't know that. Just because someone isn't a part of your life doesn't mean they weren't a part of the life of the deceased. There are relationships that were established before you were born and that continue out of your earshot and eyesight. Also, wehn people become old, a decade can pass between the time (old) people see each other and it feels like no time at all. The time scale is different. But a young person perceives this passage of time as being very, very long.

Because all of the people in that person's family want to pay their final respects. I do agree that families should get together when the person is still alive.