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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m on team you need to be there. And toddlers at a funeral is perfectly fine, natural, and even right. They are also part of the family. But I also believe in inviting children to weddings which is out of fashion these days as well.

[b]And I know I would not be “rational and understanding “ if my SPOUSE would not attend my parents funeral. I’d seriously doubt the whole marriage, sorry. [/b][/quote]

I agree. [/quote]

DP. I did not attend my FIL's funeral. Nope, not feeding the DCUM beast with reasons; that's not the point. I'm still happily married 15 years later, though of course you'll swear it can't be "happily" because apparently you can read the minds of total strangers.

Before you come back to rant that my DH secretly hates me and will carry resentment to the grave, I'll add that my own mother didn't have a funeral at all, and my brother who died last year didn't have a funeral but a casual memorial service (which our college DC did not attend--I'm sure you'll say she's forever persona non grata with his widow, right?). None if this remotely covid-related, by the way.

Some families do what they can to attend funerals but do not add to the grieving and pain by melting down into hysterics, divorce threats and "doubting my whole marriage" if there are circumstances preventing attendance.[/quote]

I assume your DH was fine with you not going. OPs DH did want his wife and kids there. That is a totally different situation[/quote]

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