re: Have you ever done anything awkward at a funeral?

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poked our grandma's face at the open casket viewing on dates to each other.

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What?

I was at my cousin’s grandfather’s funeral when I was about 11. I had never met the man, and was there because my parents brought me. I believe it may have been one of my first funerals.

I was with my cousin, and we were joking around. I think he was happy to have the distraction. I ended up cracking up laughing at something he said and everyone in the room glared at me.

If you call rubbing one out in the parking lot of a wake awkward.....then yes.

Not at a funeral, but related.

I stopped by an acquaintance's house to say what's up, hadn't seen in a few years. Knew he had battled lung cancer, thought he had beat it, wanted to see how he was doing.

I pull up, crowd of people on the back porch. I ask if he is around, his wife walks out and invites me in. She tells me he just passed away the night before.

I give her condolences. She smiles.

I try to lighten the mood with some humor.

Say "That a-hole couldn't have waited one more day so I could say good bye?"

She laughs.

We talk a few more minutes and then I dip out.

A few minutes later one of the guys from the porch chases me down a half mile or so from their home (country roads).

Gets in my grill like he's gonna pop me one, yelling at me for being disrespectful. I had no idea wtf he was talking about.

Turns out my "joke" offended the widow.

Pretty awkward.

(The dude that passed away was a good ol country boy who I thought would appreciate the humor, that is how we conversed with each other)

Had a run in with the preacher (gay as a three dollar bill) at my nephew's funeral. He doesn't know it, but I'm gonna get payback from him at some point.

My buddy wins the prize. Girl Friend’s mom died in HS. We go to the wake and the girl is standing outside of the church. We walk up hug her and then when it was time to walk away, my buddy says “Your mom and them inside?” He didn’t mean it, it just came out in the awkwardness of breaking away from the conversation. It was like a more fricked up version of “how you been”

That selfie pic had me laughing so loud I just woke up my Wife! LOL Literally!!! Truly the funniest shite I've seen in quite a while!

My cousin fell asleep about half way through the rosary. He was standing against the wall near a window and his body slipped from the wall and into the blinds, pulling them down in a huge crash.

I have a funeral story. About a year ago my aunt died of cancer at a young age. She had a younger brother who's paralyzed waste down. Well when it came time at the end of the funeral while music was playing he rolled his chair to the casket alone and reached up and grabbed it and tried to pull himself up so he could "stand for his sister" well the damn casket starts shaking and shifts and almost completely flips off the stand. I was confused as to what to do wether I should go stop him or pull my phone out to record. Well my uncle and a couple more walked up and helped him "stand" with their support. I swear that casket was 10 seconds away from flipping over

Pledge semester, we had a Halloween party. Next morning, I had a funeral for an Uncle (who admittedly, I didn't know all that well as it was by marriage and they lived out of state my whole life). I was so hungover. I pretended to go to the restroom in the middle of the church service and drove to a gas station and bought as muh Gatorade as I could hold. Sat in the car outside the church after until I was reasonably confident I wouldn't throw up everywhere.

Good thing is I think no one noticed. It's always good to not be the center of attention at a funeral.