http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002573966Tue Apr 17, 2012, 09:13 AM
Star Member ProfessorGAC (23,512 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
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Friend of The Family Committed Suicide This Weekend
37 years old. Second attempt. His mom is our next door neighbor and a good friend of my wife. (Not that i'm not a friend of her too.) We moved in when he was in 7th grade.
He really planned this. Went to a very dark area, waited for a train, and jumped in front of it. Found him a couple hours before sunrise Sunday morning.
His mom is a wreck. My wife and i are taking care of the house and pets. She's going to stay at her daughter's house for an indefinite period, at the request of her therapist. (He wanted to hospitalize here, but the daughter said no.)
When he'd get way down, he'd call my wife and she had a way of perking him up. But, we went away for 11 days, and she and he didn't reconnect before the weekend. I had to work all day Sunday and Monday keeping my wife from blaming herself. She would get that way if i didn't try to help her not do it.
Just a bummer.
GAC
If you didn't put your own pleasures above someone else, the guy would still be alive. Although cleaning the train was probably a union job.
On a more serious note, do you actually believe that you have the power to hold sway over someone killing them self or not?
What an egotistical prick.
Brickbat (11,424 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
2. *******it, I hate it when people make train crews do their dirty work for them.
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I hope the crew, you and your friends can find some peace.
Overtime at time and a half.
catbyte (1,376 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
3. Please accept my condolences
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It must have been hell for him to be without any hope. It's certainly not your wife's fault--he was an adult and would have done it with or without your wife being home. I've found that if a person decides to check out, that's it. I hope he has achieved the peace that eluded him on earth.
Take care,
Diane
Anishinaabe in MI & mom to Leo, Sophie, Taz & Nigel, members of Dogs Against Romney, Cat Division
"We ride inside--HISS!â€
Another democrat party voter base.
I don't believe a word of it. Just another depraved attention ho.