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[quote=Anonymous]I was raised with this tradition (Catholic) and don't like it. I know the reasons people do it, but it dies not help bring me closure or feel like a good opportunity to say goodbye. I remember going to my grandmother's viewing when I was in my early 20s and that's when I decided I wouldn't attend this part of the funeral anymore. She didn't look like herself at all. It was ghoulish. But then at the next funeral when I chose not to attend the rosary or the viewing, I had many family members complain and say I was being selfish. And that's when I began to wonder if maybe many people dislike the viewing but force themselves to go out of obligation, because that's what you do. Mind you, I attended the funeral. Just not the viewing. People were very mad and I think it's because they also didn't want to go but didn't feel they could make the choice I was making. I think future generations might leave this tradition in the past.[/quote]
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