The same could be said for most emotional experiences. But yeah, you never know what asses are in your family until you see them around a funeral, or a wedding.

I'll walk away when both my parents die. They can have everything. Nasty people

And the other way around, when someone times suddenly there’s all these upset people and your like wtf you hardly knew them or were mean them erc

I remember when my grandmother died, the minute we got back to the house, Dad's siblings (8 of them!) started fighting over who got what China, jewelry, etc. After about 15 minutes Dad gathered us up and we left.

It’s the one subject western families don’t really discuss.
Which I’ve always thought rather daft.

Some folks get all protective of the deceased’s memory despite often having the opposite opinion when they were living !

Others prefer not to speak of them for fear of offending somebody !

Other folks suddenly come over all religious despite the fact that they never are normally.

It truly does. It turns everything upside down. I guess it heightens the emotions.
Funny thing, grief.
The balance and dynamic of a family/ group changes and everyone needs to find their new place.
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There can be a LOT of murky mixed feelings stirred up by a death. Like, "They always favored you," or, "I wanted a dirt bike and you wanted a bike. You got yours but I didn't get mine."

It can get pretty crazy.

I have a hard time figuring out people in all kinds of situations. Death, this round, really leaves me wondering what the hell happened!

I know that things are going to be awful when my parents go…unless our youngest sibling somehow goes first. She’s already stealing from them.

This is why loving parents should make a detailed will. Or burn it all.

Humans are a weird breed

Most people don't know how to handle their feelings so they act out or say stupid things without thinking.

Death definitely reveals a person’s true nature.

Sometimes people are the balancing out factor in a group of people. When you loose then you sometimes loose their influence too

It affects people in different ways depending on emotional strength I think.

I lost both parents the last few years and saw both types of behavior.

I’m sorry it’s this way for you, at a time when you need love and support and not more pain. My in-laws were cruel to me when I grieved for my husband, and my family abandoned me when I lost my soulmate at a young age. It’s hard to fathom why people are callous while one grieves. My condolences. 🙏

The White Trash Chronicles. That's what I always called that type of crude, classless behavior.

Its always like that. Extreme events bring out the worst in people, not only death

That is true

Especially when there's money involved.