What to Do When Family Events Are in Conflict

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🗓️ 22 March 2026

⏱️ 4 minutes

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0:28.4	Got some quickies this morning.
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1:03.2	So this is from Christina. I have a question about scheduling a funeral on the same day as my nephew's graduation.
1:19.4	Is that a terrible idea? There is a ton of history. My nephew is from my brother. My brother committed suicide five years ago. The funeral is for my mom.
1:28.3	My nephew will more than likely not go to the funeral.
1:39.3	I don't think the nephew not going to the funeral is the point.
1:49.0	Of course it's a terrible idea to force a family to subdivide itself.
1:54.0	Graduations, funerals.
1:58.0	To do that, we'd have a motivation to hurt somebody, to stick it to somebody,
2:05.3	to put somebody in a difficult situation, to make our stamp, to make a statement of some kind,
2:14.4	is why we set up any kind of polarity.
2:20.6	People would have to make a choice, which you would then take personally.
2:32.7	I mean, really.
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