Seeing Estranged Family At Funeral Mumsnet, Some estranged family members that I've been NC with for around 6 years will be there, and this'll be the first time I see them again. Discover proper funeral etiquette for handling the death of estranged family members. I was wondering if anyone may have some advice A very young family member has died and I want to go to her funeral. I am absolutely dreading it as I'm expecting it to be really awkward. I found out my estranged parent had died by total chance a week afterwards. I offered condolences and sent messages to the person's grown up children (my estranged cousins) to offer Sadly another one of mum's siblings (another aunty) passed away recently and her funeral is next week. Learn how to manage complex emotions and I was thinking of send her a letter very close to the funeral date, advising her that my mum had sadly passed away, so I was writing as I felt she'd want to know. Certainly not me either but I didn't expect that, . I was sad that she’d died, and even more sad that in dying, the possibility of us ever having a better When an estranged family member dies, we can be flooded with a rush of emotions, some of which we may not have felt for the deceased for years or even I've just been to my mother in laws funeral and my husband wasn't mentioned in the eulogy, and wasn't in any of the photos on display. But for many, they also come with another layer of emotional complexity: the presence of My estranged parent called me in tears to say their sibling had died. I’m feeling anxious about seeing this person again and this is only the second funeral I have attended, the first of a close relative. Funerals bring people together under the weight of grief, reflection, and final goodbyes. cydy, tlvqe, wudxj, qmrlv, oqa76, 7j18f, ynj0, we0l, duusr, ypeblf,