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David In Indy:
This really isn't a bitch, but rather my guilty conscience talking to me. One of my Dad's close friends passed away last week, and I went to the funeral with him. While I was there, something very funny got stuck in my head and I couldn't stop laughing. I felt terrible about it, but the more I tried to stop thinking about it, the more I would start laughing. It was terrible. I wasn't laughing out loud really, it was more of a silent giggle but I knew if I sat there any longer, I would have busted out. So I got up and walked out to the lobby area for a few minutes.
Has something like this every happened to any of you before? I felt ashamed and embarrassed but for some reason I couldn't help myself.
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: David on December 25, 2007, 09:42:57 pm ---This really isn't a bitch, but rather my guilty conscience talking to me. One of my Dad's close friends passed away last week, and I went to the funeral with him. While I was there, something very funny got stuck in my head and I couldn't stop laughing. I felt terrible about it, but the more I tried to stop thinking about it, the more I would start laughing. It was terrible. I wasn't laughing out loud really, it was more of a silent giggle but I knew if I sat there any longer, I would have busted out. So I got up and walked out to the lobby area for a few minutes.
Has something like this every happened to any of you before? I felt ashamed and embarrassed but for some reason I couldn't help myself.
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Yes. Don't beat yourself up too much. It's a tension reliever and the mind just gives you an outlet that isn't related to grief. You did the right thing by going outside to the lobby. Probably people thought you were overcome with grief. So no harm done.
People thought I was overcome with emotion, crying on my sister's shoulder at a wedding, when in fact I was laughing so hard I was crying.
ifyoucantfixit:
David the funeral thing reminded me of the Mary Tyler Moors show...Where the clown died, and all
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the people from the station attended..Mary got the giggles in the middle of the ceremony, and everyone
was so embaressed... :laugh: :laugh:
Shasta542:
This was not funny and I am sorry, but I couldn't help it.
I was with my family at my niece's piano/voice recital. A little boy sang a sad country/western song (can't remember what it was) and it just struck me as funny for some reason. I first tensed up so I wouldn't let any sound burst forth. Then my eyes started to water. Then my shoulders started to shake. I put my head down. I absolutely did not want to laugh while this poor youngster was singing -- how RUDE!!!! Thankfully, I covered -- the family members on either side of me thought I was crying because of the sad song. I was soooo glad when he stopped singing.
ifyoucantfixit:
thats discipline.... :-\
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