How Do You Handle Annoying Relatives After A Death In The Family?
Weddings and death bring out strange sides in relatives. Greed and conflict tend to overtake what was once thought to be a sound person’s ability to think rationally. Death can produce relatives who push you to what seems like the edge of reason. No matter how hard you try to stay civil, respectful, and composed, your battered emotions are on the verge of snapping. But there is hope for your sanity. Here are guidelines. Someone dear to your heart has passed away and while you wipe your tears of sorrow at the funeral, you hear your distant cousin ask about a will and say what she wants from the deceased’s possessions. Remain calm. If the cousin is directly asking you for the information, simply state that you cannot think about it right now but will discuss this in the future–then leave the cousin, just walk away. Nothing can legally be decided right then. Again at the funeral, you overhear gossip about the dearly departed. As calmly collected as you can be, walk up to the gossipers an
