Our soul

By baddream - This FML is from back in 2009 but it's good stuff - United States

Today, at my grandmother's funeral I tried my hardest not to cry, only allowing tears to fall and not making any noise, to be respectful at her funeral. Afterwards, my mother tells my father that I didn't cry, which obviously meant that I didn't love my grandmother and had no soul. FML
I agree, your life sucks 66 000
You deserved it 4 775

Top comments

designedlikedice 0

It's a funeral, you're allowed to cry. Why would being upset at a funeral be disrespectful?

xThatRandomGirlx 0

Did she not notice any tears falling? Sorry for your loss.

Comments

i concur with #10. thats just mean. everyone has their own way to go about funerals/deaths.

Yet another one where I can't believe people actually say YDI. Unbelievable.

I agree with #10 & 11 I didn't cry at my grandmothers funeral just due to pure shock. I didn't believe she was dead, a week later I cried though.

HAHAURLIFESUX 0

I just dealt with the loss of my grandmother, it's extremely difficult. I did the same thing during my gm funeral, tears were falling but I wouldn't let it all go because if I started I wouldn't have been able to stop. I completely understand where you are coming from. Everyone deals with grief differently, some people feel the need to lash out at others, ala your mother saying you don't have a soul. Just make sure you let go and talk with someone about her, your memories together, everything positive, it helps. My girlfriend was an absolute rock for me for a couple weeks. Grief would come at the weirdest times and sometimes still creeps up on me when I see or hear something that reminds me of my GM. You'll get through it in time.

Wait.... You start with *TODAY* an then *THE NEXT DAY*.... What? You don't make sense.

AntiChrist7 0

everyone workes it through on his own way. Some people don't cry at all. your parents are stupid that they don't understand that. FYL

Most likely your Mom was just still upset. She just lost her mother so she is still hurting, She saw you not crying and over reacted. If you sit her down in a few days and tell her that you were just trying to be strong for her and the family I will bet that she will apologize to you for her comment. So don't worry, people say things they don't mean when suffering threw grief

I'm sorry for your loss.. But yeah, wtf everyone has their own ways of letting go of a loved one.

You shouldn't hold in your tears at a funeral, especially at one of someone close to you. There is nothing wrong with crying for someone you love. I'm sorry for your loss.

That was rather rude. There are no rules to how you should or shouldn't grieve.