I think if you have a nicer pair of trousers, you could get away with just buying a dark blazer to put over a dress shirt and tie.
Yes this, and it doesn't need to be black, as others have said. My brother wore dark trousers and a nice white shirt to my sister's funeral and no one said boo, and if they had I would have told them to STFU anyway.
Ugh, I am so upset by how all this has gone down, upset by the shooting in LA too. There was a demonstration last night here, but I don't know any details about it.
My brother wore dark trousers and a nice white shirt to my sister's funeral and no one said boo, and if they had I would have told them to STFU anyway.
Also that -- everyone can STFU. A friend of mine wore a white suit (or apparently white--it might have been beige) to his mother's funeral, and I'm sure he had his reasons. If those reasons were more "this is my only suit" than "my mother insisted I wear this exact thing," that is nobody's business.
Considering the people who should have come to my mom's funeral and didn't, to me it's vastly more important that someone shows up with condolences and respects and maybe a story to share, than that they wear the "right" clothes.
I've told my kids I don't want a formal funeral. Gather around, have some drinks, tell stories, and celebrate my life. We have actually talked a lot about all of our final wishes, all three of us. Kinda morbid but we all deal in dark humor, so it isn't too bad.
Aw, a new Matilda. Clearly poised to be as awesome as our first.
Had my doctor's appointment this morning. Good news, my blood sugars are still trending down, and my blood pressure is looking good. Bad news, they didn't know about Hubby.
Doc sits down, smiles at me and says, "So how's Mr. Neil?" and I think "Fuck." The visit proceeds to be much less cheerful from there. I'll be glad when I stop running into people I have to tell. Though that will probably be never.
Anne, I feel you.
I'm pissed at the disability-rights movement for banging their drum about the two good minutes Robin Williams might have had with Parkinson's disease.(Everything doesn't need us in it, reminding America how Perfectly Fine we are and how We Wouldn't Change A Thing and How Dare You Suggest Otherwise?--there have been times in my life so bullshit encrusted,I'd have "mowed down a conga line of grandmas" to get free.
Oh, some good news! Welcome Matilda and congrats to the Gris family!
