re: Friend's friend committed suicide over China virus.

Not justifying, rationalizing, or saying it's OK... and not me, but someone I used to know

Sometimes you hit a certain age where you're still working, or trying to, and wake up to the fact that your most productive years are behind you. But you still have obligations and family to support. Then an income drought prolongs to the point where your savings evaporate, options dwindle and you realize that you're worth more dead than alive due to a life insurance policy.

I've heard many times that suicide is a selfish act, but is it really when it's undertaken not as an escape, but so that others may benefit from the insurance proceeds when you can't provide for your family directly. I never realized this but most life insurance policies will still pay out for suicide after the first few years of the policy life have passed.

Owl please don't read this as endorsement of this path, that's not my intent. My only point is to others here that you don't really know what you'll do until faced with a set of circumstances and it's foolish to say "never" until/unless you have. I knew a guy like that and he expounded on his insight of his decision to me as described above.


..I need a drink now