Dear Queenie,
I was at a funeral the other day and I saw two teenagers who were behaving in a way that was an insult to everyone else there. They were holding hands and whispering all through the service and I even saw them kissing each other at one point.
Queenie, why do they let these kids even come to a funeral if they don’t know how to behave?—Disgusted
Dear Disgusted,
Let’s be charitable and assume that one of the youngsters you saw was in mourning for the deceased and the other was trying to offer some comfort.
However, it is the parents you should blame for such unseemly behaviour, for not teaching their children how to behave on such occasions and for having so little respect for the mourners that they allow the unacceptable behaviour to continue when it occurs.
