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danderskoff t1_iw7d6h5 wrote

Reply to comment by floreality in TIFU by informing my SO that I didn't arrive home safely. by floreality

As someone who is sarcastic down to my soul, every stressful or serious thing I've been in, I always crack jokes.

My mom's boyfriend shot himself in the foot on accident - nonstop jokes.

I broke my foot in several places- you bet I'm making jokes at my own expense.

My grandmother died - yeah I'm making jokes about how she used to be. And then probably doing a little crying afterwards.

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floreality OP t1_iw7tnjm wrote

LMAO YEAH that's the only way to process traumatic experiences

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keijodputt t1_iw7ue1l wrote

>My grandmother died - yeah I'm making jokes about how she used to be. And then probably doing a little crying afterwards.

Granny was the toughest and funniest person I've come to live with. The whole family (sons & daughters, cousins, nieces & nephews, grandchildren, great-grandchildren), friends, me included, were cracking jokes, all day, non-stop, at her funeral.

Even the farewell elegy was laugh after laugh at the comedic events of her long life. There was not much crying, but no bad feelings whatsoever. We all loved her, we all enjoyed her presence in our lifetimes; but her time on this Earth was due; we all knew she was ready to go, so that was it.

She always looked on the bright side of life (whistles).

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RepublicOfLizard t1_iw97j4s wrote

Humor is definitely one of my coping mechanisms as well. And I can always tell when I’m making a genuine joke, or I’m just trying to make light of a very serious situation, because my therapist won’t laugh at the latter.

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