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Have no idea--plenty. As a child we went to a lot of them. The older generation was dying off.
I am a particular European descent (a small, strong Country), we have an entire community of people.
There is always a Wake. In many ways it is a good time--people gathering together and sharing good memories.
That is a strange question. If you are 25 the number would probably be a lot lower than if you were 45 or 65. If you come from a large family the number would be higher than if you were from a small family.
Even where you work makes a difference. If it is a very small office or you work remotely you would attend a lot less funerals than a close knit larger company where you, and your co-workers, have worked for decades. I have probably attended 20 or more funerals over the years of co-workers, co-workers spouses, co-workers children and co-workers parents (funeral held at night or on the weekend).
Also, your employer's attitude towards people attending funerals varies. My former employer did not allow people to take off of work for funerals except for immediate family (parents, spouse, children, siblings). Your grandma died? Tough. Your best friend died? Tough. Your favorite aunt died? Tough. You could not attend the funeral unless you lied and said that you were sick. When my first cousin, who was like a sister to me, died I could not just call in sick because there was a mandatory meeting scheduled for that day. To take off one day (the funeral was round trip 450 miles away) I needed to clear it with my immediate boss, my bosses boss AND the head of the company. Obviously, I would not have risked my job if I did not feel quite strongly that I should attend the funeral.
Now, I have several friends who work for companies with flextime or PTO or are self-employed and it is very easy to take off of work to attend a local funeral.
To answer your question. I really do not recall how many funerals that I attended. Probably, 45 or 50 (maybe even more) over my life time (I'm 66). I come from a large family, with many aunts & uncles, and cousins, so that is where most of the number comes from.
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Just wondering why the OP would ask this question.
That was my first thought too, GG. I looked to see joined this month and has 3 posts. I was not going to answer but decided others would so I went ahead. Maybe lonely? Maybe a troll? Whatever, we shall see.
Ha, I’m 77 and been to so many funerals that I have a winter and summer attire just for funerals. For me there will be no funeral, cremation, a gathering of friend and family enjoying drink and food at my house and playing ‘Spirit in the sky’ in the background.
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