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 <---