Hello, I will try to make this prompt and short. Years ago, in the late months of 2008 a friend of mine and I had an argument. I knew he had been trying to sleep with my girlfriend at the time and he had been making unwanted advances on her. When I called him out on it, he became defensive which agitated me and I decided I needed to distance myself from his company, as I thought a true friend wouldn't have acted in such a manner. Years went by, and there were periods of time where he would try to contact me or invite me to see him. Given other details of our relationship after the incident and how i still felt about the situation, I would always decline.
Well, fast forward to the present and he has now passed away. I never did reconcile or patch things up with him and haven't physically seen him in a long time. So that brings me to now...
Should I attend the service that is being held for him? Perhaps I could walk in, pay my respects and leave? Or would my presence be more of a distraction? We were, at one time very close and it has given me sorrow these last couple of days thinking about when we were kids and how we would hang out all day sometimes, or how he would call me on our old landline telephone and talk for hours back in the day. I remember how he used to admire me as I was a few grades higher than him in school and speak so highly of me. That person I believe died years ago before his body did.
I would appreciate any input. The funeral is on Tuesday and it's a local drive away. Thanks.