# I pit my mother for not telling me my great uncle died

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [June 22, 2011, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-mother-for-not-telling-me-my-great-uncle-died/586472 "2011-06-22T19:45:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-mother-for-not-telling-me-my-great-uncle-died/586472/1 "2011-06-22T19:45:33Z")

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And his death predates our current tiff by a month! I had to find out from a friend of his daughter. And it only came up because she asked,“Why weren’t you at the funeral?”