I called one of my mates the day and she was crying about some guy who was apparantly her best mate even though I had never heard her mention him who OD'd at the weekend and died.
She is of to the funeral 2moro.
She also went to the funeral of the girlfriend of her sisters ex husband whom she hated when she died.
Do some people just thrive on this type of thing?
Is it just me or do you think you should only attend funerals of people you were close to and loved, not turn up at every one like its an open event!
2006-11-30 08:48:28 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Yes, I was married to one, I called him a doom and gloom merchant, he used to get the news sent straight to his mobile phone so he knew about world disasters before others. They thrive on this kind of stuff and are not interested in good, happy thoughts.
For what its worth, they don't make good partners/parents.
2006-12-01 02:03:57 · answer #1 · answered by intelligentbutdizzy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its not just this kind of thing that some people seem to thrive on it can be other incidents or things happening in their lives. I know of one married couple who's marriage seems to be held by drama and when little is happening they start getting board with each other, a bit of drama in their lives seems to perk them up. And of course you also get those people who can somehow make a slight illness or setback in their lives, into a major drama, but they are often the kind of people seeking some sort of sympathy or attention to satify them. Yet theres many others who can go through so much in life and face so many challenges, yet you hardly hear a peep out of them or they just learn to accept their fate.
Ive got a friend of mine who drives me nuts with her problems and its usually tends to be the same problem about how shes handling a situation. She only has one problem to deal with that I know of, whilst others can have umpteen problems to deal with and often more serious problems to deal with at the same time.
Some people can rely on a problem or situation and make such a drama out of it that it gets out of control when it never really had to in the first place. Its just them, their personality and their coping skills. Bear in mind to, that some people will use their drama queen antics as a form of emotional blackmail especially in an intimate relationship. So it can be a form of control or emotional blackmail as well.
As for this girl attending someone she had knowns funeral, I dont think there is anything wrong with that. If she was attending a complete strangers funeral or didnt know the family of the deceased at all, and then maybe attending the funeral by way of support to them and the memory of their loved one, then I would question as to why she would ever want to go to someones funeral she has no connection with. But based on what you have written, it would appear there is some kind of connection or purpose as to why she would maybe attend.
If shes the kind of person who somewhat overly reacts over relatively minor issues, then shes a bit of a drama queen and someone who thrives on the attention or she may be someone with little confidance in herself and doesnt have the maturity or ability to assimilate a situation and how to react to it properly, therefore she needs a bit of help to recognise this.
2006-11-30 09:44:19 · answer #2 · answered by snogger18 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe tha anyone goes to a funeral for no reason at all. It is not your place to question the reason.
If she had a friend that died, it is her perogative to go to the funeral. I wouldn't consider that as drama at all.
As far as the funeral of the girlfriend of her sisters ex husband there could be a multitude of reasons for it. Maybe she wanted to be there for the ex-husband.
If you didn't even know she had another friend (the one that died) it is obvious that you are not as close as friends as you might think. Therefore, you can not accurately call it drama. You don't have the facts. And, honestly, you shouldn't concern yourself with it.
2006-11-30 09:02:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Some people like the attention that comes with having drama in their lives.
2006-11-30 08:55:46 · answer #4 · answered by Kikyo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that how people react to the death of an acquaintance is such a personal thing. Even if we don't know the person really well or even like them, their passing on reminds us of our own mortality and that's not so easy to take.
Also, if someone you don't like dies you feel guilty for not liking them and it is too late to fix it. Kinda stinks!
2006-11-30 09:29:40 · answer #5 · answered by mary_the_magdalene 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some people are drama queens and want to be seen as "the grieving" so they can get sympathy, even if they are not directly related to the dead.
2006-11-30 08:50:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some people do that.
2006-11-30 08:58:30 · answer #7 · answered by Webballs 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some people need drama, they are addicted to it as if it where some drug.
They like suffering, they like being pissed off, they like to boil with rage. And they fear happyness, and try to push it away...
Sometimes we just like to lay in our comfortable grief blanket..it's cousy, we know it well, we're so used to it...and discovering feelings we're not so used to, is scary.
2006-11-30 09:14:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep - meet them all the time and they're called DRAMA QUEENS. They can't live without a drama in their lives - usually of their own making xxx
2006-11-30 08:50:47 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes ! The scriptwriters for Eastenders ! Dear,oh dear, oh dear !
2006-11-30 08:59:35 · answer #10 · answered by dontdoweekends 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋