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Florence Isaacs's Blog – March 2012 Archive (1)
Inviting the Bereaved to Lunch
Q. I’m thinking about inviting an old friend, whose mother recently died, to lunch. I haven’t seen this friend in a while and didn’t attend the funeral. Is this an appropriate thing to do? What should I say when I call? This friend often complained about her mother, who was very cold and critical of her.
Yes it is appropriate to invite the bereaved to lunch or dinner (or coffee, for that matter) a few weeks or more after the funeral. By then the calls of…
Added by Florence Isaacs on March 6, 2012 at 10:30am — 2 Comments
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