Last night my next door neighbor's son commited suicide by hanging himself in the basement. His mother discovered him when she came home from work. This is such a shock. I don't know then well, but we have always had a nice enough relationship with them. My older daughter walks their dog every afternoon, and so this has hit her harder than any of us.

What a tragedy. This woman's mother died last year, and she and her husband also divorced last year. Now she has this to contend with. He was her only son and would have been graduating from college this month.

It just makes you keenly aware of how fragile life is.

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1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

Crap, that's sad. Sounds like she's got an awful lot of rough stuff on her plate.

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She seems like a very nice lady, too. At least she's been very nice to my daughters over the years.

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

That's really sad... Sometimes you never know the private Hell people are going through when they seem so normal and happy on the outside.

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Benz Fleet:
1968 UNIMOG 404.114
1998 E300
2008 E63


Non-Benz Fleet:
1992 Aerostar
1993 MR2
2000 F250

There are no words, typed or spoken, that will be able to console her...

May your family be available for her when she'll need it...and she will...just be the shoulder she will be so desperately needing...

My thoughts and prayers for your, and her, family.

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(Ignore my smart-ass smilie below...)

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'10 - Dakota SXT - Daily Ride / ≈ 172.5K
.'76 - 450SLC - 107.024.12 / < .89.20 K
..'77 - 280E - 123.033.12 / > 128.20 K
...'67 - El Camino - 283ci / > 207.00 K
....'75 - Yamaha - 650XS / < 21.00 K
.....'87 - G20 Sportvan / > 206.00 K
......'85 - 4WINNS 160 I.O. / 140hp
.......'74 - Honda CT70 / Real 125
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“I didn’t really say everything I said.”
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That's horrible.

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2007 E550 4Matic - 61,000 Km - Iridium Silver, black leather, Sport package, Premium 2 package
2007 GL450 4Matic - 62,000 Km - Obsidian Black Metallic, black leather, all options
1998 E430 - sold
1989 300E - 333,000 Km - sold
1977 280E - sold
1971 250 - retired

"And a frign hat. They gave me a hat at the annual benefits meeting. I said. how does this benefit me. I dont have anything from the company.. So they gave me a hat." - TheDon

That's dreadful allright,same thing happened up here 2 years ago.Once the door is shut and we're all ensconced in our own dwellings we have NO IDEA what occurs in someone else's life.

All you can do is be supportive without getting too involved.After all,you chiefly pay the debt of assisting her by your sympathy.

Keep a constant dialogue going with your children.

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2012 SLK 350
1987 420 SEL

My sympathies to you, your daughters and your neighbor. My wife's star student committed suicide last fall. It won't be an easy road. For persons considering suicide in circumstances other than terminal illnesses, the best piece I know on the topic is Schopenhauer's essay on Suicide. His argument is not that suicide is wrong, but it is ineffective and philosophically confused.

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1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

Wow! I'm guessing due to the shock of it all that he didn't leave any hints of his growing despondence over life?

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2001 CLK430 Cabriolet (80K) - Wife's car
2005 BMW 645CI (138K) - My daily driver
2016 Mustang (32K) - Daughter's car

Awful, awful tragedy for everybody concerned.

Sure it was suicide? Not AA.

- Peter.

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Formerly...
2000 GMC Sonoma
1981 240D 4spd stick. 347000 miles. Deceased Feb 14 2021
2002 Kia Rio. Worst crap on four wheels
1981 240D 4spd stick. 389000 miles.
1984 123 200
1979 116 280S
1972 Cadillac Sedan DeVille
1971 108 280S

What's "AA?"

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

Autoerotic asphyxiation.

- Peter.

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2021 Chevrolet Spark
Formerly...
2000 GMC Sonoma
1981 240D 4spd stick. 347000 miles. Deceased Feb 14 2021
2002 Kia Rio. Worst crap on four wheels
1981 240D 4spd stick. 389000 miles.
1984 123 200
1979 116 280S
1972 Cadillac Sedan DeVille
1971 108 280S

Thats a shame and very said.

An old friend of the family suddenly put a 12 guage deer round through his skull a few years back, supposidly there were business problems but there family is tight lipped about that stuff so know one outside of the family knows for sure. Shook everyone up it was so unexpected, it still doesn't sit right.

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1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200