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MOMFUDSKI

(5,739 posts)
Sat Jan 6, 2024, 12:53 PM Jan 2024

Our neighbor down the street committed [View all]

suicide at 5:30 this morning. Husband went out to pick trash and another neighbor told him about it. He came back home and I asked him why he was only gone for a short while. Said he was too upset and then told me why. Early sixties and newly retired with a wife. My husband is the kind of guy, had he known, that would have spent a lot of time and effort to help. Suicide is horrible and final. He really liked Mike.

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My sympathy to you, your husband and neighbors. livetohike Jan 2024 #1
MOMFUDSKI............ Upthevibe Jan 2024 #2
+1 Moms fudsy. I'm sorry about this. SoFlaBro Jan 2024 #49
"Newly retired". yagotme Jan 2024 #3
Happened to my mom Freddie Jan 2024 #6
Yup. Hope she is doing better. nt yagotme Jan 2024 #7
I'll never understand that. Retirement was the happiest day of my life. SunSeeker Jan 2024 #30
Mom had depression tendencies long before she retired Freddie Jan 2024 #42
You and me both! BobTheSubgenius Jan 2024 #57
M husbands talking retirement now and he's only 63 kimbutgar Jan 2024 #12
I retired at 50. Wife and I had plans. yagotme Jan 2024 #14
It's always best to have a plan. Although work right now is getting in the way of them. Crowman2009 Jan 2024 #25
Most of the time I spend here is on "down time". yagotme Jan 2024 #28
My grandmother worked after her 5 kids were grown. Retired and then went back to work Attilatheblond Jan 2024 #15
That's kind of how I feel kimbutgar Jan 2024 #16
I retired at 45 Farmer-Rick Jan 2024 #21
I retired at 68. pazzyanne Jan 2024 #46
My husband is like that Tree Lady Jan 2024 #33
I tried to retire Freddie Jan 2024 #43
That is what I was thinking. MOMFUDSKI Jan 2024 #17
Large societal/psychological change. yagotme Jan 2024 #20
If you own a house... lame54 Jan 2024 #22
Some, more than others... yagotme Jan 2024 #23
I had a 100 year old house Dave says Jan 2024 #24
100+ here. ALWAYS something... nt yagotme Jan 2024 #26
The saying goes, "The only thing... Dave says Jan 2024 #40
Yup. nt yagotme Jan 2024 #41
77 and still working tavernier Jan 2024 #29
After all the OT I worked, sometimes I FEEL like I worked to that age... yagotme Jan 2024 #31
Yes, and there are signs to look for Polybius Jan 2024 #38
Yup. Good warning signs. nt yagotme Jan 2024 #39
I'm so sorry. What a way to begin the new year. Diamond_Dog Jan 2024 #4
Heartbreaking. MLAA Jan 2024 #5
I am so very sorry to hear this. What a shocking way to start one's day. niyad Jan 2024 #8
Sorry to hear. We can all learn more about mental health. Help is out there. Go for it if you need it. Please. twodogsbarking Jan 2024 #9
How sad for your neighborhood. pandr32 Jan 2024 #10
And sometimes there aren't any signs COL Mustard Jan 2024 #11
Yes, last a friend committed suicide. He was a retired policemen who worked for SharonAnn Jan 2024 #45
I'm sorry for your loss COL Mustard Jan 2024 #56
I'm guessing he used a gun RussBLib Jan 2024 #13
Yes MOMFUDSKI Jan 2024 #18
And that's why I will never own one TexasBushwhacker Jan 2024 #35
It's a method that is impossible Tree Lady Jan 2024 #36
Thanks for all of your MOMFUDSKI Jan 2024 #19
Condolences to all who have experienced losses like this. Nt spooky3 Jan 2024 #27
Sorry for Mike and his wife and all of the neighbors including you and your husband May his memories be a blessin to debm55 Jan 2024 #32
ugh IbogaProject Jan 2024 #34
Wow. MOMFUDSKI Jan 2024 #37
So sad Duncanpup Jan 2024 #44
Oh so sad Demovictory9 Jan 2024 #47
All this talk of going stir crazy after retirement has me baffled SouthernDem4ever Jan 2024 #48
Sorry to hear this pfitz59 Jan 2024 #50
Terrible shock MaryMagdaline Jan 2024 #51
I support an individual's right to terminate their life. nt. Voltaire2 Jan 2024 #52
I am so sorry for Mike's wife, I am sorry for your husband and his friend and I am sorry for your pain for having to ... marble falls Jan 2024 #53
Retired males a high risk group. Irish_Dem Jan 2024 #54
I had a co-worker take his own life. sellitman Jan 2024 #55
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