I've never been to a funeral recpetion. Now, I've been to gatherings where they served food after funerals. I wouldn't call that a "reception" though. Is this what she's talking about?

^^ We call that a repass.

After I posted here I saw the link for Ghetto Weddings in the AKAs Forum. That's too funny. The worst ghetto wedding I attended involved females showing up at the wedding dressed like dern strippers, talking loud as hayle during the ceremony, and just over all acting like they have never been out of the house. How are you going to show up at a wedding with a blouse on cut down to your navel? (This girl was easily a D cup spilling over) WTF? And how are you going to crash someone's wedding and try and fight the bride over the groom?! Times are changing and obviously NOT for the best.

That's funny because I wouldn't necessarily regard this as "ghetto." I have been to a number of funerals and I can say that the closer you are with a person, the more likely you are to notice EVERY SINGLE imperfection with the preparation, regardless of how minute it may be to the average man. And again, when overwhelmed with grief, you act out of character (or if it IS your character, it's magnified tenfold). However, I would consider it EXTREMELY extra to engage in a physical fight with the funeral director. :eek:

My father's aunt died. Well she was not a very well off women so her brother had to bury her. So we go to the church and her best friend who grew up with her is a minister (they told me he was, but I still do not believe it). So he get up and starts preaching about there child hood etc. Then he goes on saying to the people in attendance:

*you know she never was married and had all her children out of wedlock
*You know all her children had different daddies
*you know all her children have never been married
*you know all her grandchild have been born out of wedlock
*you know she was ugly

So I was finished after that. I know my dad's aunt was not the perfect person, but she always made sure that the family stayed in touch with each other and I really loved her for that.

alk about ghetto!!!
 

Once of my classmates was killed in an car accident in 2004. He was to marry that next weekend. Why the fiance' wore the wedding dress to the funeral busting all out of it?!?!? The son had on his tux also. And in the casket they had the champaigne class and the napkin.

You know how the class present a resolution. They didn't even had that on program. My friend had to basically walk up to the podium and present it. Im my mind I was thinking this is the most GHETTOEST funeral I've ever went to in my life!!!!!

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I know I'm late, still catching up on my reading from the hiatus I took, but Shamika T, girl I don't think I even have enough Puff Plusses after reading this post. LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO....^5 to ya!:D

Ghetto or just sad
 

I do not know if this is Ghetto or just sad. I know a person who married a man that was in prison. When he was released ALL she wanted was to have a church wedding with all of the fanfare. Well she ended up passing because of a heart aliment before the wedding occured. To make a long story short, the man told me that they (her family) buried her in a wedding dress. I looked at him like. "what?" He said that she lookeded so beautiful.

I've heard about this happening in NYC. There was a Hispanic woman who was killed by her ex-bf on her WEDDING DAY. He had busted into the church after learning she was getting married, an argument ensued and he killed her. Her family and fiance decided to bury her in her wedding dress.

:( :( :(

I feel like they used to do this regularly, back in the day. I could be wrong, but I just remember seeing black and white photos of women who had passed (photos of the funeral, photos of a body/skeleton that had been dug up, etc) and the woman was wearing a wedding dress.

Now, I'm not saying that I want to be buried in my wedding dress, BUT it is probably the most expensive dress that I will ever buy. It almost makes sense to be buried in it.

Yeah, I remembered that story. It was sooo sad. :( :( :(

I see the thought process behind it and I have heard of it being done. However, I DO NOT want to be sent off that way. To me, it just seems like all I ever lived for was to be married, thus I have to be sent off to the hereafter in my gown. If anything, maybe a white suit.... not the gown.