Never saw anything that bad, thank goodness.
Most, for me, was a Philippine funeral for a family’s mother. The daughter heard I made videos and wouldn’t give up until I agreed to videotape her mother’s funeral. Told her afterwards, she’d chosen well. I don’t know a man who would have pushed in when the fight over the casket started. One sister objected to another sister’s care of the mother and started to bring down the casket lid. Funeral director freaking out over the potential for the latch breaking and the place went into chaos. I got every second in closeup. My customer was thrilled I got it all.
The closest to that I ever saw was at a relative’s wedding.
The mother of the bride was on her second marriage but the bride’s father was from the first marriage.
Both husband 1 and husband 2 were invited to the wedding.
Husband 2 was the crazy one—went ballistic when he saw husband 1 and started chasing the guy and cursing at him.
I was almost certain it was going to come to blows—but the mother caught up to them and stood in between them.
It worked.
They both calmed down.
You got out unscathed? You've led a charmed life!