Well... you definitely did top my story! Can you imagine?! I really think a person’s true colors show at the death of a relative. I really do. I haven’t spoken to my SIL since my Mom’s funeral either (it was more than just the flowers. She demanded the “estate” pay for her parents air travel to the services and cleaned out my Mom’s jewelry as well). Trash gets a lot of light when there is money to be made IMHO.
Well, that small town talked about that for thirty years. One of the older relatives neighbors had noticed the van lines truck at her house the afternoon after the funeral but didn’t really put 2 and 2 together and when she did kept her mouth shut because she wasn’t family.
Older relatives kids have had to live that down for years. It’s only recently that they’ve been included in family gatherings.
My own grandmother had a silver service she could use for big gatherings like Christmas dinner. Which was nice and civilized until one of my first cousins wives took her place setting home and planned to hock it. Fortunately for my grandmother (her pattern was discontinued) my first cousin brought it back with apologies. Henceforth all serving was done with plastic forks. Ostensibly to save time dishwashing. A few of us knew better though.
So my question to the original post is this. Were the extra glasses some others didn’t really care for or were they in fact purloined. The answer could have implications for future family gatherings. Will they be civilized with real plates and silverware or will they be a paper and plastic affair? If the possible miscreants are invited into a home will all the valuables have to be locked up? Does this family have a reputation with the grooms family? I’d hate to have family Christmas dinner at my home and discover i’d been robbed by family.
I know someone who went back to the family home just for a minute to ‘use the ladies room’ while the family was on the way to the funeral. Got her mothers wedding ring and the family bible. Her father was still alive and on returning from church looked for the family bible to find some comfort. oops. This particular perp, however, had a rep in her family for such and her dad searched her car. Found both the ring and bible. Wrote her out of the will.
Weddings and funerals bring out all sorts of crazy. All sorts.
Yes, it does. But Karma comes along and tries to even the record. My evil money grubbing relative got his when he burned himself up in a fire he'd started. Good riddance to bad rubbish.