CharlesTheHammer
Bluelighter
I actually lost my best ever friend and and another best friend in 3 years. But only one committed suicide, the other died of a freak heart attack in his sleep at age 40. He was about 8 years older than me. That guy(Scott) died in 2002, and my friend Mike hung himself in 2005.
I dont exactly know why Mike decided to kill himself, as we hadn't been in contact for a few years, due to a stupid argument, and due to the fact that he now lived 2.5 hours from me.
All I know is that he had come 'out of the closet' back in 1991, and informed only his 2 closest friends about it(Rob and I), then 2 years later, he met a much older man named Jim who was 53 at the time, and Mike was only 25. They were boyfriends til early '05, when Jim broke up with him because Mike was letting his life go downhill, and using harder drugs(Jim never used drugs). Then 4 months later, Mike called Jim and told him he needed to talk to him, but Jim needed to get to work, and couldnt do it. Then a few days later, Jim found out that Mike was dead.
It was extremely selfish, because Mike's son was only about 15 at the time, and he was devastated that his Dad was dead, but he told Jim at the funeral that Mike had been wanting to end his life for a while by then.... Imagine dealing with that as a 15 year old!
I dont exactly know why Mike decided to kill himself, as we hadn't been in contact for a few years, due to a stupid argument, and due to the fact that he now lived 2.5 hours from me.

All I know is that he had come 'out of the closet' back in 1991, and informed only his 2 closest friends about it(Rob and I), then 2 years later, he met a much older man named Jim who was 53 at the time, and Mike was only 25. They were boyfriends til early '05, when Jim broke up with him because Mike was letting his life go downhill, and using harder drugs(Jim never used drugs). Then 4 months later, Mike called Jim and told him he needed to talk to him, but Jim needed to get to work, and couldnt do it. Then a few days later, Jim found out that Mike was dead.
It was extremely selfish, because Mike's son was only about 15 at the time, and he was devastated that his Dad was dead, but he told Jim at the funeral that Mike had been wanting to end his life for a while by then.... Imagine dealing with that as a 15 year old!
