2008-12-30, 03:17 PM
For all of you saying "call the police," just... no.
What the hell would they be able to do? It's not like his friend is on the top of a building threatening to jump. And what would he say? "Oh uh... I have a friend online and he says he wants to commit suicide sometime in the new year but I don't know where he lives or when he wants to commit suicide." Seriously?
To me, it sounds more like a cry for help/attention than anything else. He is in a very stressful situation and feels helpless.
IMO, what he needs is some reassurance that his situation is not that bad. Guess what? People get rejected from universities all the time. Kids get kicked out of their parents' houses every day. And you know what they do? They find a way to deal with it and move forward with their lives.
I mean, let's take a look at the worst-case scenario. Let's say he gets rejected from the university he wanted to go to and gets kicked out of his house. Wouldn't you be a friend and let him stay with you for a while? Doesn't he have other family he could stay with? What's to stop him from taking a year off from school, getting a job, saving up money, and trying again the next year? Or even going to a community college and getting his general education out of the way and transferring later on?
The point is, there are many, many options besides suicide. Horus, I think it's your job as a friend to knock some sense into him. Do you honestly believe that his life would not be worth living just because he got rejected from a university? Life isn't about getting everything you want! Guess what: a lot of things in life will not go how you want. Things will not happen how you expected. I got rejected from all my first choices in colleges, but I turned out fine. Hell, I wouldn't have even met my fiance if I didn't get rejected from all my first choices.
Be a friend, dammit.
What the hell would they be able to do? It's not like his friend is on the top of a building threatening to jump. And what would he say? "Oh uh... I have a friend online and he says he wants to commit suicide sometime in the new year but I don't know where he lives or when he wants to commit suicide." Seriously?
To me, it sounds more like a cry for help/attention than anything else. He is in a very stressful situation and feels helpless.
IMO, what he needs is some reassurance that his situation is not that bad. Guess what? People get rejected from universities all the time. Kids get kicked out of their parents' houses every day. And you know what they do? They find a way to deal with it and move forward with their lives.
I mean, let's take a look at the worst-case scenario. Let's say he gets rejected from the university he wanted to go to and gets kicked out of his house. Wouldn't you be a friend and let him stay with you for a while? Doesn't he have other family he could stay with? What's to stop him from taking a year off from school, getting a job, saving up money, and trying again the next year? Or even going to a community college and getting his general education out of the way and transferring later on?
The point is, there are many, many options besides suicide. Horus, I think it's your job as a friend to knock some sense into him. Do you honestly believe that his life would not be worth living just because he got rejected from a university? Life isn't about getting everything you want! Guess what: a lot of things in life will not go how you want. Things will not happen how you expected. I got rejected from all my first choices in colleges, but I turned out fine. Hell, I wouldn't have even met my fiance if I didn't get rejected from all my first choices.
Be a friend, dammit.