Her funeral was kind of depressing. She lived for 86 years and she had absolutely nothing to show for it. No one was really even bothered that she had died. It's like it didn't even matter.
She had never gotten married. She went through some major Romeo/Juliet loss in her teens and then decided that she was never going to get married. She probably regretted that decision for the rest of her life.
I mean who wants to grow old alone and without anyone to love or care for them? That's seems like the stupidest decision in the world.
So on a whole other note, I noticed something very odd at Sri Lankan/ Muslim funerals. The ritual is that the person is bathed, dress, and covered in like a blanket or something. Then they place a handkerchief over their face. That's not odd, I guess. It's ritual. But then, when ever someone comes to pay their respects, everyone runs to quickly lift the handkerchief and show them the face. Then the visitor is left with this uncomfortable action of just staring at a dead person's face. I wonder whether people actually take that time to say goodbye.
The morbid part is the person who excitedly runs over to lift the handkerchief. It's like, "Hey look what's underneath here. Cool right?"
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