To feel really out of sorts and emotional over the Queen’s funeral?

[User38271438373]

It’s becoming a bit of a cliche but I’ll say it anyway, I don’t really consider myself a royalist but the news of the Queen’s death upset me a lot.

I’ve found today thoroughly unpleasant and emotional, I can’t quite put my finger on the emotion. Lost and sad I suppose. I’m sure there’s an anthropological explanation and I know it’s brought back past griefs.

I can’t be the only one who’s spend the day on the verge of tears?

i'm just glad it's all over and want things back to normal.

I can’t be the only one who’s spend the day on the verge of tears?

Judging from all the other people who keep making threads about the same thing, no you aren’t, but surely you can all just chat on the one thread rather than having a million different ones?

Oh FFS! Not another fucking maudlin post!

She was 96, she died, it happens.

Now get on with your life.

Back to work and normality tomorrow.

I’m the same it brings back past grief, and I think the enormity of everyone involved today is quite overwhelming.

for me in addition to the above, it makes me remember that this is all our fate we will all die, and I struggle with death.

Well yes death is inevitable!

MN needs a weeping mega thread. So active isn't clogged up with individual threads all saying the same thing.

I will say I totally agree, @User38271438373 & I feel for you & all of us who feel the same way. But the republican police will be on their way, be careful.. :-(

I feel quite exhausted and drained this evening. The sheer theatre of today was spectacular and a fitting tribute. I think many will fall over themselves to dismiss sadness at her loss as histrionics but the woman was remarkable.

Exactly!

Jesus how many more of these do we have to endure!

We feel the same. We watched the whole thing, and feel very sad.

Umm, those of you who don't want to read it can surely SEE what type of post it's going to be by the title? I suggest avoidance.. ?

Sorry didn’t realise there were so many other threads. Glad I’m not the only one though.

My daughter and I spent most of the day outside looking after our animals, who need us daily, no exceptions, which all felt a lot more wholesome than being subsumed by a funeral of a rich powerful woman who lived a good long life.

What were you expecting when you clicked on a thread called ‘really out of sorts and emotional over queens funeral’?

YANBU OP, you can appreciate she lived a long and happy, privileged life while being reminded of your own losses. I lost an elderly relative recently and I’ve been thinking of them today.

Are you having a fucking laugh? You didn't realise their were so many other threads......

It's the new covid thread!

Why come to have a go though? Why stick the boot in?

I’ve felt sad because it’s reminded me of losing my grandparents, and how much my granny loved the queen. I expect thats quite common.

You aren’t. Millions have watched it on tv, millions have travelled to London.

What is a pita is the posters who come on to have a moan- just click on another thread guys. Don’t be a dick.

@Pumperthepumper because this level of disbelief and grief is beyond ridiculous!

Life doesn't stop because a 96 year old died, get back on with your life and stop being OTT dramatic.

No employer wants you calling in sick tomorrow because you're " grieving".

I think you need to take your own advice here. There’s plenty of other threads, why come on to one just to make the OP feel shit?

@Pumperthepumper OP is being totally ridiculous!

That's the facts.....

A 96 year old she doesn't know dies a peaceful death..... what do you think OP would actually want to happen? What death would've made her not sad?

We all die.....

So she needs to understand life and death?

Jesus...

Weirdly, the thing that got me more than anything was them singing God Save the King in Westminster Abbey. I mean, I know it's protocol and the way things go, but that didn't sit right with me at all before she's even been committed to the earth. I felt the same in the immediate aftermath of her death, when they began referring to Charles as King Charles immediately. I can't really explain it, and I think it probably just brought home that life - anyone's life - is gone in the blink of an eye and others fill the void. It's all so temporary and transient, isn't it?

My parents are Charles' age and I found myself wishing him a very long and healthy life, despite being in his twilight years. I'm nowhere near ready to say my final goodbyes to my parents. It was only yesterday I was 10 and wishing my mum a happy 40th birthday, all my grandparents (now gone) around us.

The Queen's long reign is so closely entwined with our own personal history, and memories, that it's only natural to feel reflective about our mortality.

A very fitting end to an era. I really hope that our country, and all the people within it who are really struggling with things right now, lives to see better times.

You’re trying to have a go and someone who’s already upset. It’s unnecessary.

Yeah whatever @Pumperthepumper let's all tell IP she's right......

What happens to that stiff upper lift....