Well, in all the soap operas, the wife always sits up front wailing and fainting, while the mistress sits quietly sobbing in the last row.
I know someone who was at the funeral home for a man when the wife showed up. The girlfriend (of 15 years) was receiving guests and it was a major scene. The wife was still legally married so the woman the deceased had been living with for 15 years had to leave.
Then, of course, there was a major fight over the estate, including the 1M in frequent flyer miles.
Oh what tangled webs we weave...