Sad, Very Sad

joasis

Just a little story to share with you guys: Today, I went to a job site to watch a Reward ICF wall system poured, and on the way, called my son to meet me for lunch, and told him how to find the job site. I met our ICF distributor on the site and he cautioned me that the contractor pouring today had lost his 18 year old son to suicide just a week ago. I met the kid when I was on the site as they were getting ready and wondered why it wasn't poured yet, but assumed they were held up by inspectors, since ICF is still new to lots of municipalities. Kinda left me shocked and as the contractor was telling me the steps and showing me around, my son pulled up and he asked if it was another of my crew guys there for a free lesson, I had to say it was my son, meeting me for lunch. Watching this grown man tear up and look away to hide his face just broke my heart. I told my son at lunch was was up, and I sure didn't have an appetite. We sat there in silence, and I reminded him of something he said to me when he was 16. I grounded him and took his keys away, and he said he wished he was dead, and should just kill himself. Thank God, nothing happened...how would I have felt if he had?...well, I saw it today, and it wasn't pretty. I don't know what led that nice looking young man, working with his dad, to park a bullit in his head...but it made me reflect on life...still thinking on it. Hug your kids people.....everyday.

IHI

That's too bad, my HS girlfreind went to a small school and there was lots of small town pressures and in her 4 years going there 4 kids killed themselves and it's never pleasant.

Just too bad since as a parent you will never forgive yourself wondering if there was anything you could've done, hard to say what's going through a kids mind when they do things like this, but it's soo selfish it's obvious they have no idea of the pain it causes everybody else around them.

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Man, - - that is ROUGH!!

Sad as HELL, - - but glad ya shared it.

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Bill

Trust me, I know the feeling. I lost my son when he was just 7 days old. He died in my arms at the hospital. My wife was bothered by the fact that I showed no emotion over his death. It bothered me bad though, but everyone looks to me to be their protector and provider so I could not show my feelings which really hurt, after all we had 4 other children who needed to be tended to, someone had to be there for them, to be strong enough to carry them in their time of need. Hardest thing to do is keep it bottled up.

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So sad to hear that, I think my spine would just collapse if I lost my son

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6stringmason

Suicide is a horrible solution to short term problems. I was at work when I got the phone call that my brother had hung himself over getting into some trouble with the law. That was 5 years ago. He was only 18. I dont understand why some people choose that route.

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snapper21

Couldn't have understood 5 years ago, I wasn't a parent. But that has to be hard to deal with. Communicate with the young'ns, let them know they can talk to you.