By sophietr8 - 19/01/2013 20:38 - Netherlands - Ferwoude

Today, I attended my aunt's open-casket funeral. My sister spent the first quarter of an hour neither grieving nor celebrating her life, but whining that the "cute" clothes my aunt was dressed in could have been handed down to her, instead of being "wasted". FML
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sophietr8 7

In order to explain more, my aunt had promised to lend her the shirt, so she was a little angry that my uncle used that one in the open casket. It was just a momentary thing, but yeah, it was pretty bitchy. I already had a long conversation with her about it.

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KingCeltic77 18

What a spoiled brat.

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DocBastard 38

You should have told her that you were mortified, and she was dead wrong because her logic had a fatal flaw. What, too soon?

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buckdharma 37

I can imagine op's sister giving the Eulogy and still trying to win out: My aunt was a kind woman, she would give you the shirt off her back... We came into this world with nothing, and it is certain we will leave with nothing...

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sophietr8 7

YDI YDI YDI... BECAUSE I wrote this FML originally, how dare you rewrite what I wrote in a different way and call it as your own?! I am the actual OP, unless by the coincidence that the OP's sister said the same thing at their aunt's funeral. Sick way to get attention.

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vbmg152 18

I don't even know what to say to this! So sorry for the loss of your Aunt!

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sophietr8 7

In order to explain more, my aunt had promised to lend her the shirt, so she was a little angry that my uncle used that one in the open casket. It was just a momentary thing, but yeah, it was pretty bitchy. I already had a long conversation with her about it.

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perdix 29

#53, since your sister seems to be losing the shirt (unless she bribes the mortician like I mentioned earlier), perhaps she'd like a "The World Needs More Ass" T-shirt to make up for it. My partner, ElatedEarthling, and I would like her to have it with our compliments, since her thoughtless selfishness inspired our "The World Needs More Ass" Empire.

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Ray_of_midnight 22

So sorry for your loss. Are open-casket funerals a big thing in the Netherlands? I always thought they were peculiar to the U.S. (Forgive my ignorance, I'm from the U.S. and although I've been to Amsterdam my trip didn't include a study of funerary customs.)

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sophietr8 7

Actually, I am not from the Netherlands :) My account info got really messed up when I submitted this, so yeah. I am from the USA. Sorry for the confusion! And thanks for the condolences.

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Sannekee 18

It's not really common. We usually have an open-casket wake (in a separate room), after which the close family closes the casket and the ceremony proceeds (either in the same room, a different room in the same building or a different room in a different building). At least, that's been the way of the funerals I've witnessed.

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mrslewis 16

Why people voted ydi?? I mean reallyyy?? Some people here are idiots!

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KillerPotato 14

Some people click YDI for some of the most outrageous things. You'll see it more often than not on this site.

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dmoran20 27

Most of the time they're only doing it so they can earn that badge....

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Cathrin 26

There's a badge for voting YDI 100 times. IDK why people feel the need to vote YDI on FMLs where it's clearly not the case, though. There are plenty of FML's where the submitter's at fault.

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UMadBro_87 3

That's one of the colder things ive ever heard

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Steve95401 49

It's a good thing OP's aunt wasn't buried with family heirlooms. I can only imagine what kind of hissy fit OP's sister would have thrown.

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hurley12 30

What a heartless stuck up little brat!

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ideasrule 13

I agree with your sister. Wealth belongs to the living, and should not be uselessly buried under the ground where nobody will ever make use of it again. If your sister wanted the dress, she presumably wanted to use it for some purpose, and that automatically makes her more deserving of the dress than a dead person.

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KiwiDreamweaver 8

The clothes are inconsequential. A funeral is a place to mourn and think about the person who has passed on, and OP's sister's actions were completely inappropriate.

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SillyGirl4602 23

The sister should also be thinking more about how she just lost an aunt and less about how the clothes went to waste. She is self centered and a brat.

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