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Originally Posted by gassy
What a downer I can be... my sister's brother-in-law did himself in last Thursday. One of the funniest guys I had the pleasure of knowing. 43 yrs old, leaving behind 2 sons and a daughter, ages 13 -- 18. Ugh. I know we've discussed suicide here before and I don't even know why I'm posting. Funeral tomorrow, then my sister is having her husband's whole family over for an impromptu Thanksgiving on Thursday. I'm gonna grill a turkey for them and drop it off Thursday morning.
There is nothing to say, nothing to do. I imagine the loss the family feels with a suicide has to be incredibly different than any other.
The Holidays can do this to people-- if you're at all concerned about anyone, get them to talk if you can. Oh well. Easy for me to say. That's it for my public service announcement.
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Good advice about the talking. I guess about 15 years a buddy of mine called all down in the dumps about a bad business deal. Actually talked about killing himself. Of course, being the perceptive and brilliant friend that I can be, I didn't take him seriously. Got the call the next day, he'd shot himself during the night. Might could have prevented it, will never know now. I won't take it so lightly if it happens again.