[net.suicide] Any Help for "Bob"

cad (03/08/83)

Sorry to have been away so long.

I see that the serious discussion of suicide has been not
insubstantially reduced, and the amount of pea-brained drivel
expanded exponentially.

For those of you still reading this group who have an interest
in aiding people rather than piling dung upon each other, I met
a rather disturbing individual on vacation last week.

This person (I'll call "him" "Bob" because "he" is well known to
some of the New Jersey Labs sites) confided in me that he no longer
understood why he continued to work for a living.  Bob's spouse
had recently left on a binge of sexual philandering with one of
Bob's bridge club members.  Bob was taking this rather hard and
feeling low.  He hadn't actually considered suicide, but constantly
harped on this idea that he should quit his $40,000+ job
and withdraw to his route 22 condo to consider his life without
said spouse.  I had little energy to spare on her, but tried my best
to steer thoughts toward the more positive side of things.  Bob did
not respond well, but did agree to hold off quitting for awhile.

Any advice, thoughts, comments (of an intelligent nature)?

		Peace and Love,

		---> Chuck A DeGual <---