Fuck. A very close friend for the last 25 years just committed suicide.

[madinmaryland]

I just spoke with him yesterday. What a shame. He was my best man. Twice.

Rest in Peace, Tex! Your friend, LeeRoy!

[DFW]

1. Any idea why?

It's happened once or twice to us. They never give you the slightest warning, do they?

Our sympathies--we know, we've been where you are. All you want to do is slap some sense into
them to get them to talk to you, and it's too late, and you can't do a goddam thing about it.

[madinmaryland]

3. Your last sentence perfectly sums up our feelings.

Thanks, DFW.

[Skittles]

14. ?

that's what you think depressed people need - some sense slapped into them???

[madinmaryland]

19. No. But it is the thought that runs through our minds.

I want to reach back through the phone lines to the morning before he died and just do whatever I can to get through to him that he does mean something to this world. I can't, though.

He was very depressed and was never able to get or would never allow anyone to him help.

Sad.

[kimi]

2. I'm sorry

That must be so painful.

My condolences, although that's probably little comfort now.

Peace in your time of grief. Peace to the family also, these things are so hard to fathom. RIP.

[Flaxbee]

4. mad, I'm so sorry.

:hug:

I have no other words, I don't know anyone who has committed suicide; just can't even fathom what you and his family must be feeling.

[denbot]

5. My condolences

I had one friend who did this..
Peace

[lightningandsnow]

6. I'm so sorry.

He seems like a great person. :hug:

[Rosie1223]

7. I'm so sorry

Peace to him and his family.

[Forkboy]

8. This has been one suck ass summer.

Lots of death and cancer news. At least one a week since May.

R.I.P. to your friend.

[Gormy Cuss]

9. That just sucks, mad.

RIP Tex.

[guitar man]

10. So sorry to hear that

I know how it feels, lost a very dear friend the same way a few years ago :hug:

[mnhtnbb]

11. Oh, mad. How awful. It's just so damn hard when a friend--especially a best friend--

won't/can't let somebody else know how much pain they have. Just so hard.

I'm so sorry.

:hug:

[1gobluedem]

12. Oh, I'm so sorry, Mad

My boyfriend's best friend commmitted suicide when he was 21. My BF's never really gotten over it. Hang onto and remember the good times....:hug:

[Ishoutandscream2]

13. Damn, you have had a tough month

Best wishes to you and your friend's family.

Hey, you deserve a Cowboys' Superbowl victory this year.

[Parche]

15. sh*t Gorn.......

big hugs to you..........:hug::hug::hi::hug:

[Arugula Latte]

16. Gawd, I'm so sorry.

[Call Me Wesley]

17. Safe passage to your friend.

Peace and comfort to his family and his friends.

[foxfeet]

18. I'm so sorry for your loss.

I wish peace and comfort to all who love him. You never get over such a loss, but you do get better.

[Xipe Totec]

20. None of my friends have had that privilege

Some have died prematurely.

Some have died violent deaths through accident.

Some have died violent deaths rescuing loved ones.

And some with terminal illnesses have died begging for a gun to put them out of their misery.

I suppose some of the premature deaths were caused by self-destructive behavior. Suicide by other means, I suppose.

But I've never had a friend choose to end his life for no reason other than to be done with life.

My sons have.

That has mystified me.

It still does today.

[madinmaryland]

21. It has mystified me too. But it does not correspond to any of the manners

of death that you mentioned. (Darwin awards do not count!).

He had just turned 49 and was two months younger than I am.

[Xipe Totec]

22. I sometimes suspect that intelligence is not the evolutionary advantage we think it is

It scares me to think that, perhaps, they have uncovered a truth that in our blissful ignorance eludes us.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkvLq0TYiwI

[fishwax]

23. sorry to hear that, madinmaryland

best thoughts your way ...

[pitohui]

24. i'm so sorry but trust him

i cheated i skimmed the thread a little before i posted and you said he was 49

that's an age group where the person is not wallowing in short term probs they know stuff maybe you don't know

celebrate the life they enjoyed while they were here and honor their choice...


i hope this is not a stupid post, most of my posts are tho so i am sorry in advance

[madinmaryland]

25. It's not a stupid post reply to my OP.

I did not include applicable information in my post that would indicate he was 49.

I will celebrate the life the lived and the family left behind. I will not honor the "choice". It was not a "choice" that he made. It was an illness, that forced him into the "choice" to end his life.

[Kat45]

26. I'm so sorry to hear this.

That's harsh.

[Lindsey]

27. I'm so sorry. May he rest in peace.n/t

[femmocrat]

28. I'm so sorry, madinmaryland.

What a shock. I hope you're doing OK. :hug: