Mourners search solace in different ways: some cry, some eat, some screw

On a-yelp message board, practical question “where to flirt” in San Francisco ignited a strenuous argument. Jason D. rated funerals while the fifth-best flirting hot-spot, conquering out bars and clubs. “Whoa, whoa, back up,” answered Jordan M. “People flirt at funerals? Truly? Huh. I’m uncertain I could pulling that down.” That caused Grace M. to point out that “the earliest three characters of funeral was FUN.”

Years ago, before we hitched, I’d fun after a funeral, at a shiva are exact. My personal pal’s elderly mom have died, and mourners obtained inside her Bronx house for the traditional Jewish ritual to demonstrate support to enduring friends over rugelach. Continue reading →