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[quote=Anonymous]Of course you should go - and it is for the living and your living are not only your MIL but the extended family. Unless this was a tragic death the service itself will be boring but the 'reception' (again - whatever its called) will most likely be a luncheon where your DH's family take an interest in your kids (their blood relatives.) Funerals and weddings are where family bonds grow and are a good way to teach your kids about where they belong in the continuum of family. You would not take kids to the funeral home the night before (most like night - but no matter what - that would be hard with that age. But geez OP - your MIL thinks enough of you that she wants you as well as her grandkids to be welcomed into the family in one of the few very extended family rituals left. (Weddings just aren't that anymore.) It will be solemn on some level but almost all funeral for older people become comfortable low key gatherings.[/quote]
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