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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I do not think your friend would even expect to see you there.
I would only go if she invited me personally.

I would likely only attend a funeral for a parent of either my spouse or a best friend.
Maybe also my children’s other parent if they are still young too.[/quote]

I think you're very unique in this. I've been to 5 funerals in the past 3 months.  All elderly people.  All attended by 500-800 people, primarily friends of the elderly person's children. [/quote]

I have a hard time believing this. No funeral I've ever attended has ever had that many attendees. Perhaps we're not from the same culture, but I think your experience is definitely not the norm. [/quote]

I'm not making stuff up.  
3 were in DC, one was in the deep South, one near Philly.  the churches were packed.

When my own MIL (age 80) died 2 yrs ago there were easily 500 people at the funeral in Philly.  My husband had 30+ friends and coworkers drive up from DC,  none had told us in advance. They just showed up.

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