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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]16:15 poster here. I obviously don't know the guy, but my hunch is that he's not trying to threaten her with the implicit suicide remarks. What he wants to do is come out an say "I am afraid I am going to kill myself" but he is either too ashamed to admit it outright or is afraid if he says that, she will immediately leave him. So instead he's just tiptoing around it. For what its worth, about 15 years ago, I was in a similar situation as this guy. My girlfriend forced me to get help, then promptly got the hell out of the relationship once I did. I've since recovered, become successful, and am happily married with a kid. I am both sorry for what I put my ex-girlfriend through and also appreciative that she stuck around long enough to get me help. I certainly wouldn't blame your friend for leaving this guy once she gets him some help. I just think she should try to do that first as long as she does not think either her safety or the safety of her children are immediately at issue.[/quote] I am not going to be bullied by you into staying silent on an issue this important. I dislike the term "suicide threat". People make suicidal gestures; they plea for help. Would you have preferred it go like this: http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/bob_fords_post_patterns/39889158.html? I know you probably won't read anything that challenges your point of view, but maybe others will. In a friend's garage, nice and neat, with no warning? No signs? No chance to be dissuaded? His friends and family disagree: http://www.insidesocal.com/tomhoffarth/2009/02/23/our-daily-dread-17/ How much they would have loved to have known. Perhaps, if he hadn't had so much pride, so much macho, he could have talked to somebody. Who knows? No one will now, ever. So no, I'm sorry. But I don't think I'm showing inhumanity when I compare the pain of someone who commits suicide to the pain of someone who has to clean up the mess of a suicide. People who "threaten" suicide are asking for help. Calling 911, tape recording them, asking for restraining orders is not particularly helpful.[/quote]
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