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[quote=Anonymous]I feel you. For the last couple of years of my paternal grandmother's life I felt great anxiety about what kinds of crazy my mother would unleash at her funeral. I deputized my brother-in-law to serve as sort of a bouncer / bodyguard to deal with my mother at the funeral and it worked well. He helped maintain a perimeter around me so she couldn't pour her toxic brew of vanity and hate into the celebration of my grandmother's life (my grandmother basically raised me. Having an in-law protect me from her was a good idea because they have no baggage and no history, thus she has no complaints about him. Fortunately she's not a public speech maker. If you don't want to start a war over invites (which itself could destroy this important time) you might want to consider structuring the service to have a few designated speakers by invitation - and no "open mic." [/quote]
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