Found love in a hopeless place: Woman crashes strangers’ funerals for two years; wins over undertaker
Most people look for love in cafés, parks, dating apps, or maybe even the supermarket. Daniela Signor? She chose funerals. Yes, funerals — the kind where people usually gather to say goodbye, not to fall in love. But Daniela wasn’t just randomly crashing these somber gatherings. She had a mission. She had her eyes on one man: Apollo Scariot, a funeral director from Pinhalzinho, a tiny town in southeastern Brazil with more hearses than dating prospects. It all started when Daniela attended a relative’s funeral about three years ago. She should’ve been grieving, but her focus was completely elsewhere — locked onto the tall, composed man orchestrating the farewell. His name? Apollo Scariot — which, let’s be honest, sounds like the hero in a steamy paperback novel. For Daniela, it was love at first sight. But instead of walking up to him like a normal person and saying, “Hey, I think you’re cute,” she cooked up a much more… dedicated strategy. She decided to keep showing up at funerals. Any funerals. Even those of people she’d never met. In Pinhalzinho, this wasn’t quite as bizarre as it sounds. With only around 2,800 people in town, it’s not unusual for distant acquaintances or complete strangers to drop in at someone’s funeral. So Daniela blended in, attending ceremonies every few months, just waiting to catch Apollo’s attention. Problem was — the man was too good at his job. He wasn’t looking for love among the mourners; he was busy making sure every flower was in place and every tear had an appropriate tissue. “I used to think, ‘I’ll give the family a hug just so I can see him,’ you know?” Daniela later told What’s the Jam. But Apollo rarely noticed her. Sometimes he wasn’t even there. Sometimes they’d exchange a polite word or two, but he never saw her as more than another grieving attendee. Still, Daniela stuck to her plan — and her patience paid off. After two years of low-key lurking, Apollo finally noticed the woman who kept popping up at his funerals. This time, he looked back. They chatted. They swapped numbers. By summer 2024, they were dating. By May 2025, they were married. And in perfect tribute to their unconventional love story, Daniela and Apollo arrived at their wedding not in a fancy car, but in a funeral hearse!
