My family laughs all the time. When a family member is in the hospital, we're always the only family dying laughing in the waiting room. DH thought we were kind of rude when he first started meeting my family, but now he realizes that we do it to cope and that the person who's missing would always wish they were there laughing with us. None of us get our feelings hurt when people laugh at us. In fact, whoever is getting made fun of usually laughs loudest.