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[quote=Anonymous] You haven't told us why this is a big deal for you. Do your siblings have a history of pressuring you to do things? My mother is the youngest of 7 and she was put in that situation, which led to a lot of resentment. On the other hand, my husband forced himself to make a speech at his relative's funeral just because he saw that all his other siblings were making one. No one put him on the spot "exactly", but it would have been really weird for all the siblings to speak apart from him - as if he was protesting or something. So in a way he was pressured into it. My point is that you have to separate the delivery of the request, which may or may not be rude, from the actual need behind it. If you think it really makes sense for you to speak, please do so. It won't matter in the end whether your siblings were obnoxious about it. What matters is that you stood up at the funeral and people will remember your words.[/quote]
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