by 
aihime
ANSWERS: 17
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Yes...Out Of Respect
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Yes, of course.
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I have a new policy since I turned 40... No thanks on weddings and if I don't start crying when I hear you passed away, I don't go to the funeral. I do doubt I would be of any benefit to anyone by attending a funeral for someone I never knew. For all you folks saying that you would attend...think about this... If you don't have one nice thing or positive experience to relate... what is the benefit of you being present?
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Most likely, because it would mean a lot to my family and mostly out of respect.
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No. If I didn't know them, I have no business being there. I can extend my respects to the family in other ways.
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From your other question, I know that you're struggling with this decision. Even though you didn't actually know this person, I'd imagine your presence would still provide comfort to and show respect for your family.
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Absolutely for anything i would go out of respect for my family. I may not have known the person but thats not saying my mam or aunts or uncles didnt know them. I would go to be supportive to any of my family that were upset.
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Yes, I'd go. I may not know the deceased personally, but other family members might...and it'd be a chance to see those members I don't regularly see.
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I didn't know my mom hardly at all. Me and my sister were raised my my grandma. and my mom died 4 years ago and i Thought the same question. MY answer was i had to go if nothing more than to say sorry i didn't know you. since then i am glad i did that. but wish i would have tryied to get to know her. My heart is hard even still with anger over things we never talked about.
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Probably... I'm family. Family should be there for family.
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I would say do what your heart tells you to do. If you knew the other members of the family and feel you can be a support to them, then go.
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Yes... I would. I have several cousins I don't know, but I know their grandmothers, and even their parents. If one of them died, I would go, not because I knew THEM at all, but because I knew others who DID know them. I'd want them to know I care, again, not necessarily for the person who died, but for those of that family that I knew. I went to my aunt's parents funerals. Yes, I knew them, but only from occasional family get-togethers. I went for my aunt and uncle. I even went to my ex's mother's funeral, and so did my 2nd wife. I'm proud of her for that. One of the reasons we went is to support my ex's family and my first wife's and my boys. Remember that you don't necessarily go because you knew the person, but you knew/know their family, who most-likely would appreciate the show of support.
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yes definitely, out of respect for the other family members that did know them
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Perhaps if the service was in town. I have had relatives from different states that I never met who have died. I never felt any obligation to make the journey.
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i have gone to funeral of a distant relative.i ended up checking out the hot chicks in black dresses.i felt kind of "dirty" afterward.
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I would if it meant a lot to my other realtives and people arround me.
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I have in the past and would again in the future..to show respect..
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