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  • IMO yeah it is. funerals are a sad time and that should be the last thing on your mind
  • This is gonna sound bad, if they're related then yes its wrong, but if there not, then go for it.
  • Depends on how sad they look.
  • I would say that is a very inappropriate time. At a wedding makes much more sense to me. If you see someone you like at a funeral you can get their number or name and contact them after the ceremonies are all over. It would be very rude I feel to carry on this way during a funeral service, and disrespectful of the dead and their family as well.
  • I don't know about everyone else, but if I am at a funeral I am not likely to be much in the mood for flirting. I think wrong is a bit strong. Inappropriate seems to fit the situation better.
  • DON'T DO IT! They are there because they have some connection with the deceased person too. If you are interested, make discreet enquiries and call them later...not the next day....but a funeral is no place to be scouting the gene pool.
  • At the funeral ....yes!! After the funeral...go 'head!! Get your freak on!!
  • I wouldn't make a habit of it but a person should at least wait and show proper respect to the deceased and their family beforehand since it is the family that needs support at that time. Too often funerals are the only time family and old friends see each other and discuss what has been going on in each others lives. When my father passed away in 2003, we had a veiwing for family and friends before the funeral with great respect and quiet in the room where he was lying in state but we celebrated the good times he had provided us all in another large room because we felt that was the best way to pay respect to him and remember him. Several family and friends who had not seen each other in years had different conversations going on around the room but this was in a separate area from where my father's body was lying in state. In a situation like this I don't think it is wrong if you strike up a conversation during that time with a friend of the family but be decreet -- you should NEVER consider it during a service for the deceased or in the direct company of family members or very close family friends. Above all, you should NEVER attempt that in the presense of the deceased! That would be the ultimate insult. In all this discussion, I refer to someone you might like a relationship with--not a convenient time to use pick up lines and you should not do so at all if this person is distraught and non-receptive. Make sure whatever you do that you don't insult family and friends in the process. You would need to weigh the circumstances very closely.
  • Yes, wait till afterwards, just out of respect for the family and the daerly departed.
  • No, I don't think so. Funerals are way too morbid anyway! A bit discretion would probably be wise though considering that most people would not be inclined to take a philosophical view of it.
  • There is a place and time for everything and a funeral is not it. Yes, its wrong. respect the dead and their family. You can party tomorrow.
  • probably not any worse than asking for a job application like I did.
  • No its the best place for it. I have a list of people I'd like you to hit should you outlive me. Is there a way I could arrange this?
  • If you dont know the answer, please dont attend any funerals. It's about respect..
  • a gal i know said some guy was giving her "the eyes" at a her dead sister's funeral but i think she is just a bit egotistical, he probably had an allergy or something.
  • As long as it's not the guy in the casket, I can't see the problem yo...
  • no wronger then the religious cracks that protest the military funerals. oh yea! did it work?
  • It is pretty much always wrong to hit someone ... and especially at a funeral. Then you add all sorts of offenses like selfishness, insensitivity, and downright idiocy to the mix. But I assume you were kidding.
  • I don't think it is exactly the best place, but it has been known to happen. A famous story of Katherine de Berain in the 16th century tells how she was proposed to on the way out of her first husband's funeral. She had to tell the gentleman that he was too late- someone had already proposed to her on the way in (and she had accepted), BUT, if he were around when her second husband died (which he was), she would marry him then (and she did).

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