Fnaar
Smutmaster General
- Location
- Thumberland
I was a bit knocked for six today, on hearing the news that an old school friend took his own life on New Year's eve Now I really can't claim we were best buddies, or anything, but we were part of a large group of mostly carefree, happy youngsters at secondary school, who grew up together, learned together, got drunk together, played sports together, saw bands together, chased girls together and then went our separate ways. I hadn't seen him for 25 years, till we had a reunion in 2012, and me and him took up exactly where we left off, sharing interests in music, clothes and humour. It was a great evening, not only rekindling friendships with him, but with others too. Then today I find he was really unhappy for a long time, and took his life, leaving a wife and 2 young kids. Very sad indeed. It's really thrown me a bit of a curveball
Out of our class of 30, that's 6 gone now. 2 aged 17, motorbike crash (my sister was there as a nurse in casualty when they were brought in), 2 from cancer, both within the last 5 years, and 2 suicides (the other bloke was a long time ago).
Out of our class of 30, that's 6 gone now. 2 aged 17, motorbike crash (my sister was there as a nurse in casualty when they were brought in), 2 from cancer, both within the last 5 years, and 2 suicides (the other bloke was a long time ago).