Ill. funeral home gets approval to serve liquor at funerals

[orangeblossom]

Oh my.

[raangoli]

This is going to end poorly.

[AAM2012]

I do not have a problem with this.

[orangeblossom]

Dec 22, 2015 19:50:46 GMT -5 raangoli said:

This is going to end poorly.

That was my first thought. Grief and alcohol go so well together. 

A repast, sure, but like being available at/during the service, just no. I clutch my pearls at the thought. 

[kirra]

Dec 22, 2015 19:53:28 GMT -5 AAM2012 said:

I do not have a problem with this.

I really want to be ok with this, but funerals and weddings bring out the worst in people. Aunt Veronica may table her fight about the will until after the funeral when sober, but she sure as hell won't when she's drunk.

[Deleted]

We had DH's celebration of life in a bar/restaurant I rented out. I thought it went really well & everyone has told me they liked it and that it suited DH perfectly. I did wait a month after he passed to hold it though, mostly because I knew there'd be no fucking was I could handle doing anything sooner.

We only had one person get super drunk, but he's an alcoholic. It's very rare for me to see this friend not drunk.

[downtoearth]

About time!

No really, I've rarely been to a funeral without a drinking reception. Minors and tragic accidents excluded, people have drank at every one.

[auntie]

The older members of my father's traditionally Irish family have their wakes at home. There is plenty of alcohol. I have heard tales of the guest of honor being seated among his brothers and offered a drink, but am relieved to never have witnessed it.

[cookiemdough]

Seems like a recipe for drinking and driving. Serving alcohol at a repast in someone's home where people can sit for hours, and I mean hours, and then at least have the option to stay if they have consumed too much is one thing. Serving it AT the funeral is something else.

[AAM2012]

Dec 23, 2015 8:08:51 GMT -5 cookiemdough said:

Seems like a recipe for drinking and driving. Serving alcohol at a repast in someone's home where people can sit for hours, and I mean hours, and then at least have the option to stay if they have consumed too much is one thing. Serving it AT the funeral is something else.

What's the difference between allowing it at a wedding and not allowing it for a funeral?

[cookiemdough]

Dec 23, 2015 8:15:12 GMT -5 AAM2012 said:

Dec 23, 2015 8:08:51 GMT -5 cookiemdough said:

Seems like a recipe for drinking and driving. Serving alcohol at a repast in someone's home where people can sit for hours, and I mean hours, and then at least have the option to stay if they have consumed too much is one thing. Serving it AT the funeral is something else.

What's the difference between allowing it at a wedding and not allowing it for a funeral?

Social drinking at a party versus drinking to numb the pain?

[Deleted]

I'm thinking back to the last few wakes I attended and I can see them going very differently if alcohol were an option. In theory, I don't have a problem with it. In practice, I don't think it will go well.

[laurenpetro]

Dec 23, 2015 9:43:11 GMT -5 @dontcallmeshirley1 said:

Irish wakes for everybody?

The last actual Irish Wake (as in, for a guy who was born in Ireland) and a $1200 bar tab at the repast.