Bad day?
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Wow, yesterday was a bad day.....
Our neighbor's truck hadn't moved for a day and he'd left his window down which was totally unlike him. WEll, yesterday morning (MOnday) when his truck was still sitting there, my husband and I discussed checking on him. At lunch it was still there, and we decided that if it was still there when we got home from work we'd investigate. WEll, on my way back from work, my truck quit on me (coil???) my mom came to pick me up and her power steering pump was leaking like crazy, so in the parking lot at my place of employment we make a huge mess, end up pulling the darn pump out to change a o-ring which helped but didnt' completely fix, my boss was even out there helping. So while this is all going on my husband calls on the cell phone and says the neighbors brother came to check on him and they found him inside. He had shot himself. I guess he had broken up with his girlfriend. Of course, this is our next door neighbor and I'm really feeling shook up about this. He was only 24 and owned his own house, was on his way to being a full electrician. Really makes you stop and take a long hard look at life, doesn't it??? I feel sick to my stomach over the whole thing.
Our neighbor's truck hadn't moved for a day and he'd left his window down which was totally unlike him. WEll, yesterday morning (MOnday) when his truck was still sitting there, my husband and I discussed checking on him. At lunch it was still there, and we decided that if it was still there when we got home from work we'd investigate. WEll, on my way back from work, my truck quit on me (coil???) my mom came to pick me up and her power steering pump was leaking like crazy, so in the parking lot at my place of employment we make a huge mess, end up pulling the darn pump out to change a o-ring which helped but didnt' completely fix, my boss was even out there helping. So while this is all going on my husband calls on the cell phone and says the neighbors brother came to check on him and they found him inside. He had shot himself. I guess he had broken up with his girlfriend. Of course, this is our next door neighbor and I'm really feeling shook up about this. He was only 24 and owned his own house, was on his way to being a full electrician. Really makes you stop and take a long hard look at life, doesn't it??? I feel sick to my stomach over the whole thing.
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I'm a big guy, 6' 270lbs, I have a friend that's just like that. I scared the hell out of him one night. he's 5'9" 320lbs (big guy!) he said something stupid about going to got total his truck because his girlfriend was mad at him. I let him have it. When I was done yelling he was no longer so eager to wrap his new ranger around that tree. Some people just don't have anyone to talk to. Maybe this guy was strung out as well. I think the best thing to do now is to ask his family if their is anything you guys could do to help.
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Yeah, I'm debating whether or not we should offer to look after his yard. I think it would be a nice thing to do and not a problem for us. He has a well and a sprinkler system. It is a larger yard to mow but like I said, not a problem for us, I'm just not sure to tactfully offer at this point. We knew the neighbor a little but not his family. Though we met his brother yesterday and did exchange phone numbers. (I offered our help and he asked us just to keep a eye on things.)
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I'd consider mowing to fall under "keeping an eye on things" :-)
I have the best woman in the world as my wife, but I don't think any woman is worth killing yourself over. Now honorably dying for a Woman is another story.
I have the best woman in the world as my wife, but I don't think any woman is worth killing yourself over. Now honorably dying for a Woman is another story.
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Yeah, my problem I guess, is whether or not to call or just wait until "if" we see them over there anytime soon. I guess we can just go ahead and mow and when we see them we can ask about the sprinkler system. I know its on a well, and the timer is in the garage. Maybe we can have them just take it off the timer and manually run the pump.
Hmmm, I just feel really shook up but do want to help!
Hmmm, I just feel really shook up but do want to help!
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GypsyRose,
Yes, just go ahead and quietly mow the lawn (no pun intended) until fall or the place is sold. Don't expect any thanks. A good turn like this is it's own reward...
Gtex,
"I have the best woman in the world as my wife, but I don't think any woman is worth killing yourself over. Now honorably dying for a Woman is another story.
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She says - Would you die for me?
I says - No my dear, mine is un-dying love.
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Yes, just go ahead and quietly mow the lawn (no pun intended) until fall or the place is sold. Don't expect any thanks. A good turn like this is it's own reward...
Gtex,
"I have the best woman in the world as my wife, but I don't think any woman is worth killing yourself over. Now honorably dying for a Woman is another story.
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She says - Would you die for me?
I says - No my dear, mine is un-dying love.
Later,
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Yep, I think you're right. We will just take care of it. If they do happen to say something we can ask about the water then.
Thank you all for your advice. My whole life I've always thought bad things always happen to someone else (nice town in the middle of nowhere, things like that don't happen here...that line of thought) so when it does finally hit you, it shakes you up worse than you'd ever imagine. A few days ago a 14 year old boy shot and killed his mom and brother, this happened in a little farm town in Montana.
Thank you all for your advice. My whole life I've always thought bad things always happen to someone else (nice town in the middle of nowhere, things like that don't happen here...that line of thought) so when it does finally hit you, it shakes you up worse than you'd ever imagine. A few days ago a 14 year old boy shot and killed his mom and brother, this happened in a little farm town in Montana.
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If somebody around you is talking about suicide you better start listening.
BTW I hope they throw the book at that kid, he didn't even look like he cared.
BTW I hope they throw the book at that kid, he didn't even look like he cared.
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Its really kind of strange. The people who are constantly threatning to kill themselves rarely do. They are just crying out for attention. But then you have a guy that seems pretty happy, great job, great girlfriend, nice house, nice yard, plenty of friends ( I know looks are sometimes deceptive, but ????) and you wouldn't ever expect anything like that from them, and then all of a sudden one day they're gone.
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Well those people don't usually have a plan to cope with that kind of stuff. We had a neighbor that one day just up and killed himself like that, no reason at all. He was happily married owned a successful barbershop, owned his home, drove nice cars, was a contributing member to the business circles. He was a nice guy. There wasn't anything wrong.
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