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hillbillehillbille Member Posts: 14,457 ✭✭✭✭
edited January 2012 in General Discussion
still wear suits to funerals? I had to be a pall bearer yesterday for a cousin of mine and noticed there were only 2-3 people in the crowd besides the funeral home workers who had suits on. I'm not trying to slam anyone but I was raised to go to funeral dressed nicely. there was one young lady there in flip flops.[V] To me anyway wearing a suit to the funeral is out of respect for the dead, and my last way of showing such. I only own one suit and that is all I wear it for the rest of the time I live in blue jeans and flannel shirts. sorry for the rant, just a little pet peeve of mine.....
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  • tomahawktomahawk Member Posts: 11,826
    edited November -1
    God made the man...the tailor made the clothes....
    showing respect has nothing to do with the clothes you are wearing...just the way i was raised[;)][:0]
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  • dav1965dav1965 Member Posts: 26,540 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Depends on who it is. I either wear a suite or black khakis.
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  • p3skykingp3skyking Member Posts: 23,916 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I still wear a suit. Lots of times I wear a blazer when I go out. Chicks AND guys will hold the door open for me. ZZ Top had it right about the sharp dressed man![;)]
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  • pingjockeypingjockey Member Posts: 1,879 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Haven't owned a suit since highschool.
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  • gearheaddadgearheaddad Member Posts: 15,091 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    For a wake, If I don't wear a suit, I wear dress slacks and a dress shirt. For funeral, I wear a suit
    out of respect for the dead and the family. We have become a very casual society. Not necessarily for the better.
    I've been to weddings that people wore t shirts and they couldn't even put a clean one on.
    Go to court sometime and see how people dress. And they wonder why the judge has such a bad attitude........
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  • 1911a1-fan1911a1-fan Member Posts: 51,193 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    depends on the time of year, die in jun-aug its shirt and tie for sure, winter gets a suit jacket
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  • spasmcreekspasmcreek Member Posts: 37,717 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    have one suit and wear if to funerals ...though i have known a lot of people who wear suits that have not made them one bit smarter or boosetd their integrity....carried my best friend to the grave wearing a suit and we both would have been a lot more comfortable in our jeans
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  • HandLoadHandLoad Member Posts: 15,998 ✭
    edited November -1
    I don't own a Suit. Won't be buying one.
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  • lkanneslkannes Member Posts: 2,278 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Sometimes when you're a man you should dress like one. Buck up and put on the big boy clothes.
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  • Sav99Sav99 Member Posts: 16,037 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I wear a suit to funerals. I try to avoid going to them if at all possible.
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  • NOAHNOAH Member Posts: 9,690
    edited November -1
    try that in a court of law[;)]quote:Originally posted by tomahawk
    God made the man...the tailor made the clothes....
    showing respect has nothing to do with the clothes you are wearing...just the way i was raised[;)][:0]
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  • perry shooterperry shooter Member Posts: 17,105 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    wore a suit to work every day for for 32 years .Worked on equipment that most truck mechanics would power wash first. Really strange how people treat you. Sales clerk at one place would wait on you first even if 10 other people were there and other places sale clerk would do their best to avoid you. IMHO jeans or flip flops have no place at a Funeral
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  • drobsdrobs Member Posts: 22,620 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Last funeral I attended (friend's mom), I wore a suit. I was better dressed than most of the close family.

    Won't do that again.
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  • gjshawgjshaw Member Posts: 14,770 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    suits everytime.
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  • jev1969jev1969 Member Posts: 2,691
    edited November -1
    Although I know most people don't and I would not be out of place if I didn't but I have a black suit that I wear to funerals. Just the proper thing to do.
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  • thesupermonkeythesupermonkey Member Posts: 3,905 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by hillbille
    still wear suits to funerals? I had to be a pall bearer yesterday for a cousin of mine and noticed there were only 2-3 people in the crowd besides the funeral home workers who had suits on. I'm not trying to slam anyone but I was raised to go to funeral dressed nicely. there was one young lady there in flip flops.[V] To me anyway wearing a suit to the funeral is out of respect for the dead, and my last way of showing such. I only own one suit and that is all I wear it for the rest of the time I live in blue jeans and flannel shirts. sorry for the rant, just a little pet peeve of mine.....


    Do you care what people will wear to your funeral?
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  • bartman45bartman45 Member Posts: 3,008 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Redneck Comedy Tour states:

    You might be a redneck if you've worn a tank top to a funeral.

    You might be a redneck if you've ever popped a beer during the eulogy...
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  • River RatRiver Rat Member Posts: 9,022 ✭
    edited November -1
    I don't own a suit. I have a sportcoat, one pair of slacks, and a tie, but those are for job interviews. For church, whether I sit in the congregation or stand in front, I wear my very best blue jeans and #1 boots. God deserves no less than the very best I own, but He wouldn't recognize me in a suit.
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  • asphalt cowboyasphalt cowboy Member Posts: 8,904 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    When we burried my GF's father I shaved, cut my hair (high-n-tight) and wore my dress blues. He was a Korean War veteran. Did the same for my great uncle Bub. WWII veteran.

    Some of my own family members hardly recognised me.
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  • KEVD18KEVD18 Member Posts: 15,037
    edited November -1
    i made the decision last year not to attend any more funerals, immediate family excepted.

    that being said, if you actually think the attire matters at all, i dont know what to do with you. the guest of honor is dead and no longer mentally attending and if the family cares a wit about what threads you put on that day then theres a bigger problem afoot.

    a man can be just as undignified, uncooth, rowdy, and classless in a suit as he can in jeans and ropers. clothes dont change who or what a person is and the illusion that you need to be in one type of clothes for this event or that is ludicrous.
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  • bhale187bhale187 Member Posts: 7,798
    edited November -1
    If I'm not in uniform I'm in a suit at a funeral
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  • dcs shootersdcs shooters Member Posts: 10,870 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Paul, is that your Sunday-go-to-meet'n suit [?][:D]
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  • Jacob2008Jacob2008 Member Posts: 19,528 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by NOAH
    try that in a court of law[;)]quote:Originally posted by tomahawk
    God made the man...the tailor made the clothes....
    showing respect has nothing to do with the clothes you are wearing...just the way i was raised[;)][:0]

    Around here court consists of khaki pants, nice shoes, clean shower, shave, and a nice shirt or a dress shirt. You wear a suit and they'll ask you whose wedding you were in.

    A nice dress shirt, black dress pants, tie is acceptable.
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  • tacking1tacking1 Member Posts: 3,844
    edited November -1
    SUIT. Better to be over dressed than under dressed
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  • IAMaxxerIAMaxxer Member Posts: 126 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I did 7 KIA missions with the PGR this summer... jeans and black leathers there.... Neighbor's funeral last week suit and tie...
    But I also noticed alot of bluejeans, but he was also a jean type of guy..
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  • Turbo72Turbo72 Member Posts: 432 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I wore a suit to my Fathers funeral and to my Grandparents funerals on both sides of the family. Other than that I just wear slacks and a nice shirt. Me personally I want to be layed to rest in my blue jeans, t-shirt and ball cap and I don't care how my friends and family dress. As long as they are present that shows all the respect I need.
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  • mateomasfeomateomasfeo Member Posts: 27,143
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by hillbille
    still wear suits to funerals? I had to be a pall bearer yesterday for a cousin of mine and noticed there were only 2-3 people in the crowd besides the funeral home workers who had suits on. I'm not trying to slam anyone but I was raised to go to funeral dressed nicely. there was one young lady there in flip flops.[V] To me anyway wearing a suit to the funeral is out of respect for the dead, and my last way of showing such. I only own one suit and that is all I wear it for the rest of the time I live in blue jeans and flannel shirts. sorry for the rant, just a little pet peeve of mine.....


    I do, but only because I can. Most folks don't even own a suit.

    I agree with T-Hawk...
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  • nutfinnnutfinn Member Posts: 12,808 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    That is about only time I wear a suit, is to a funeral.
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  • woodhogwoodhog Member Posts: 13,115 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I only have two, and one is my birthday suit, the other is pretty much for funerals, that's about the only place to wear one anymore.
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  • Jacob2008Jacob2008 Member Posts: 19,528 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by buschmaster
    what do you know about court. you're only 17 years old or whatever it was. when you go to court or a funeral you should still be dressing how people tell you to dress.
    19. I was 17 two years ago, genius.
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  • bambambambambambam Member Posts: 4,818 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If I am a pall bearer suit and spit shinned. If I'm visiting button up shirt, tie, dress shoes.

    I was raised that you do this to show respect for the deceased & family.

    Just like when you meet a funeral precession, you pull over and wait for all to pass.
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  • TxsTxs Member Posts: 17,809 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by bhale187
    If I'm not in uniform I'm in a suit at a funeral
    Same here.

    It's an unspoken form of respect for both the deceased and their survivors.
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  • jwb267jwb267 Member Posts: 19,664 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    so your saying because i dont own a suit, i wouldn't be welcome in your church[:(]

    as already stated. clothes does not make you better than anyone else
    i buried my dad and my mother. never had a suit. why should i buy a suit when the only time they seen me in one was when i got married
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  • Old-ColtsOld-Colts Member Posts: 22,697 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Txs
    It's an unspoken form of respect for both the deceased and their survivors.Yes, same here!

    If you can't feel the music; it's only pink noise!

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  • Waco WaltzWaco Waltz Member Posts: 10,836 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I had to attend a funeral last week for my wife's unlce who I did not even know existed or forgot he did. I did not have any good clothes and had to shop good will. Could not wear a suit. I figured it was more important to be there then to worry about how well I was dressed. The Man's bother was more casual then anyone there.

    quote:Originally posted by hillbille
    still wear suits to funerals? I had to be a pall bearer yesterday for a cousin of mine and noticed there were only 2-3 people in the crowd besides the funeral home workers who had suits on. I'm not trying to slam anyone but I was raised to go to funeral dressed nicely. there was one young lady there in flip flops.[V] To me anyway wearing a suit to the funeral is out of respect for the dead, and my last way of showing such. I only own one suit and that is all I wear it for the rest of the time I live in blue jeans and flannel shirts. sorry for the rant, just a little pet peeve of mine.....
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  • oldrideroldrider Member Posts: 4,934 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I don't own a suit, probably never will again. But I don't dress sloppy for funerals.
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  • OakieOakie Member Posts: 40,565 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I always wear a suit to funerals and weddings. It was the way I was raised by my father.
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  • Riomouse911Riomouse911 Member Posts: 3,492 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I always wear a suit to a funeral or other event where I'm part of it (like a pallbearer), and I'll wear one 99% of the time otherwise just because of how I was raised. But if others don't have the ability to do that, of if the deceased requested an informal event I'm not one to be offended at all. I think one's presence at a funeral is the most important part.
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  • Blade SlingerBlade Slinger Member Posts: 5,891
    edited November -1
    suit and tie, sport coat possibly
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  • ForkliftkingForkliftking Member Posts: 4,907 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Old-Colts
    Originally posted by Txs
    It's an unspoken form of respect for both the deceased and their survivors.
    I agree.
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