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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A funeral is for those mourning the dead, and those supporting said mourners. If she's not in one of those two categories, it makes sense she wouldn't go. [/quote]

Absolutely agree.  The saying is that funerals are for the living not the dead.  A relative goes to the funeral if it provides closure for themselves or if their presence will provide comfort or assurance for others attending.

So, your friend should go if it provides her closure, or if she cares about her brother's spouse, family or their extended family and they would find comfort from her presence.  If she does not need the closure herself and she does not care about the effect of her presence to those mourning her brother, she does not need to go.

Either way, she will make the decision and OP should stay out of it entirely and not even offer her opinion on her friend's decision.  Because it is none of OP's business and she would be a bad friend to try and pressure her friend into doing something that might make her feel worse, or make other mourners feel worse.[/quote]

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