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Originally Posted by notorious
I was. My wife, too. I can absolutely see how someone looks at suicide as a cowardice move.
My friend took the easy way out and pushed all of his pain upon his wife, 2 children under 10, and friends. That’s pretty selfish from my perspective , but I have no idea how truly bad it was for him.
My SIL left two children under 10, also.
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There are some interesting studies on failed suicide attempts. The gist: most don't retry. Even some who survived The Golden Gate plunge (our tour guide in SF joked they "the ultimate failures" and I was the only tourist who laughed) recall saying "Oh no!", as if they regretted instantly what they were doing.
I think it's a moment of temporary insanity and from that perspective, I suppose I can have some empathy. But barring only the most extreme mental illness, many of these folks had no right to do this to their loved ones. It isn't always as unavoidable as defenders say