The Worst Things People Can Say At A Funeral

Parentless

"My grandmother died in 1978. At my grandfather's funeral in 2012, someone leaned into my dad and whispered "you're an orphan now""

– seanofkelley

"My 60 year old mom said “I just realized I’m an orphan now” while sitting in the airport flying home from her mom’s funeral"

– greenleafbrownbark

Still There

"after i left my moms grave this year after placing flowers for mothers day i texted my friend. "good news. my moms right where we left her""

"that is the morbid sense of humor that i have. my family has a similar sense of humor."

– NerJaro

"We went to a family member’s graveside services. I said to my brother "I think Dad is buried over there" - pointing to the right. My brother said "No, I think he’s over there" - pointing to the left. Our uncle (dad’s brother) came up between us and said "well I don’t think he moved!""

– RockabillyBlues1

Yikes!

"“Just say sorry for your loss then move on.”"

"“I’m sorry for your loss, move on.”"

– Choice-Bus-1177

Too Soon?

"Not the funeral, but during the planning of my dads. He wasnt a church goer but would attend family functions and find a way to slip out during services. When we were discussing his church service, I said for it not to be too long else he'll be getting out the coffin and waiting outside till it was over. Definitely too soon for that comment."

– emmadilemma71

"He’d have thought it was funny."

– adamkissing

Jaw Dropping

"So, now that you are single..."

– SomeJadedGuy

"Oh no"

– mvs2417

Worst Advice Given Twice

"I’m sorry for your loss. Move on."

– wine_n_cats

"I'm sorry for your loss. Move on."

– TheShlepper

No Chill

"Story is that at the funeral of my great grandfather on my mom's side (who was by all accounts just a super mean hateful man), the preacher said something along the lines of "Let's get this over with quickly just in case Satan wants to personally come get his #1 guy""

– tubahero3469

My Money!

"Well, now I’m never get that $20 back."

– UsedToHaveThisName

"This is actually funny."

"I knew a girl who had an extremely dark sense of humour. She was usually in rough times and I’d lend her money. I hadn’t seen her for about 3-4 months as she was a regular customer at my work. One day someone came in and asked if we knew her, told us she died in her apartment months before and they just found her. I was like, “damn some people will do anything not to pay someone back.” Something she would have laughed at."

"RIP though. She was great."

– sweetcreamclot

"My dad did this to one of his close friends wife. He approached her and was like, "Hey... So this might not be the best time, but Tony owed me twenty bucks..." And she laughed so hard that it lightened the mood for a little bit"

– neverforglet

"That's a risky joke. Obviously he knew it wouldn't fall flat. Good for him."

– PitBullFan

"Everyone cracks up laughing. Then the guy says, “Hehe… no, but seriously, I really could use that 20 bucks…”"

– Metals4J

Completely Insensitive

"When my 3 month old son died of SIDS; a lady came up to me and said “At least you are young enough to have other children.""

– grandmaWI

"I don’t understand how people can think that human children are interchangeable. I’m so sorry."

– imabaaaaaadguy

And Again

"I was struggling with infertility for years. When my dad died my stepsister said "I bet you feel so bad that you never gave him any grandkids." I will remember that for as long as I live. I've never felt worse or lower in my life."

– MistressAlabaster

Guest At Your Own Funeral

"“Even with all of her health issues, I glad Grandma was able to come today.”"

– Spirited_Outside1583

"I did text my sister in law to remind her not to be late to her own funeral. It was a joke we'd always had, and I promised to do it for her when we knew she was dying. Cried my eyes out sending that message, but also would have absolutely shat myself inside out if there had been a reply."

– MadWifeUK

Definitely Not Okay

"This post reminds me of what someone said when my grandfather passed away. He had really bad Alzheimers and it was so painful for my mother to watch her father essentially degrade over time. We were at his funeral when someone said to my mother "Who cares? He was pretty much already dead.""

"Because of the disease, and I was literally going to kill this motherf**ker for saying that to my grieving mother at her own father's funeral. Luckily my brother is much more level-headed than me and told me to just walk away and focus on making sure my mother is okay rather than focusing on murdering the dipsh*t who said that. I do not think I have ever been more mad than I was in that moment in my entire life. Not even close.""

– SweeetBunnn

Very Unhelpful

"“God has a plan” No, the plan was for my dad to see my little brother grow up to be a man. I don’t hate religion, and don’t sh*t on peoples beliefs, but I hate when people said that sh*t"

– Tight_Ad3092

"It's very short sighted"

"I'm sure it gives them solace. But unless they know you feel the same it's a useless saying altogether. Even if the person believes in god's plan.mentioning it may not help them in that moment."

– deterministic_lynx

Horrible...But Hilarious

"All the old people poking me at weddings saying you’re next … I’ve started doing the same to them at funerals"– hquer

"You are the worst, (writes down idea)"– Fastincrib

I might steal that too...