Almost two weeks ago, my almost ex-husband killed himself. We were going through a divorce, which he didn’t want. It had gotten ugly because he was using our son as an emotional tool to hurt me. Our son is 11.
A policeman came to my work, took my in my office and told me to sit down. The officer told me that his brother had found his body. I had to tell our son that his father was dead. Funny thing is, although I was so sick of him, I seem to be having a harder time with this than my son is. I’m so angry. I grew up with out a father and now my son will too. When he graduates, when he gets married, when he has his first child, his father won’t be there.
I am so ANGRY. His family knew he had issues. He drove off of a bridge in February and said he didn’t know what caused it. His family still swore it was an accident and checked him out of the hospital. I just found out he left a note then. His family found it and hid it. He used the pain pills from that accident to kill himself this time.
I am so angry.
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That’s a horrific story and it doesn’t sound like there’s anything you could have done to prevent it. His family bears responsibility because it doesn’t seem like they tried to help him. It’s good to hear that your son is taking it as good as could be expected.