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Face To Face With the Sign

I walked into the McGinty Funeral Home and saw this enormous sign “This funeral is by invitation only”. I stared at it. Should I go in? I know I was not invited. No one was around. Who to ask? The worst they could do is ask me to leave. I was her friend. I squared my shoulders and walked through the curtain. Her family was thrilled to see me! Almost no one else had come. I learned from a friend many years later That the funeral home had been rented out that afternoon For a Happy Divorce Party. I figure the sign I saw was part of the festivities. Whoever had to go to the bathroom left it in the worst possible place though.

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Date: 6/20/2022 12:58:00 PM
This is way tooooo funny. Did it really happen or just a fun write??? A Happy Divorce Party in a funeral home. What a way to go. Have a blessed day............
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 6/20/2022 3:35:00 PM
I made it up
Date: 6/19/2022 2:17:00 PM
Wow, that would have presented quite a shock to me. But, for a "Happy Divorce Party," anything goes, eh?
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 6/20/2022 12:42:00 AM
Anything and EVERYTHING - I know of a young doctor who rented a party bus and had eight of her closest friends run around the city in it all night partying and she has five children! WHAT?

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