Yokels

There should be a word for something that was awful at the time, but you later realize is kinda funny.

Here's an example: At my Mom's funeral, as I was kind of crying and trying to be polite to people from my hometown that I hadn't seen for years, the mother of an old friend tried to convert me to Mormonism. She preached for like five minutes about reaching out to Him and gave me the Book of Mormon at my mother's funeral.

Then: Stunning and infuriating.
Now: Pretty funny in a crazy way, actually.

I bet the Germans have a word for this.