Had some bad news on Wednesday, a mate of mine killed herself this week so I've been in shock these past couple of days since I found out.
And now our friendship group has been split. This is because the girl's bf was in shock on Wednesday night, we'd all gone out, about 30 of us, and by the end of the night everyone was drunk and went back to someone's house. I woke up there the next day and people were being really funny with a good friend of mine and she was upset. Turns out that she and this girl's bf had stayed up talking and had ended up sleeping together. She has a bf, although he's away on holiday at the moment. Some people were so mad about it. I know it's not the best thing for her to do, but as we were going home I asked her about it and she said that it seemed natural, that it was a kind of mutual comforting. I don't know what to do, a couple of people I spoke to said she was so wrong to do it, but I can kind of understand why it happened. I spoke with the girl's bf last night and he said he was grateful to her, that it helped him and that he didn't understand why everyone was so upset. I know that he's not in the best place at the moment, but if it was consensual I don't see anything wrong with it. I've heard before about people having sex when they're bereaved, I was just wondering what you guys think of it. Before now, I would have thought it was pretty bad too, but after all the emotions of the past couple of days I can sort of understand why it happened between them. This argument between everyone is the worst thing that can have happened right now.
My 1st reaction was......Wow how shitty of him to sleep with a mutual friend days after his g/f died. How does that show any kind of love? It's really kind of selfish BUT the g/f who took her life.....That's pretty selfish too, that doesn't show love either. My grandmother committed suicide long before I was born but I've lived with & seen the impact that it had on my father. I've always been torn on this subject. On one hand it's the most selfish thing one could do, to leave their loved ones in ruins often times for the rest of THEIR lives. On the other hand my grandmother was mentally ill & suffered through all kinds of experimental research....at that time electroshock therapy was popular. I believe she just wanted to end the pain & suffering by any means necessary. It's a sad situation all around when something like this happens. I'm sorry for your loss CH 😢
"O dude that awful. Im sry. Wow im surprised no one wrote on this. Well people do things when in sorrow or shock which they would not normally do. Did you try and talk to everyone in the group? The event which happened is very unfortunate it seems this split is really un necessary and everyone should really stick together not split up.
Sorry for this, I hope things get better."
Yeah MoonEyes, when this thread was first started, I debated about commenting. I had a close friend and colleague who committed suicide last year in late May, and it's just still pretty tough to talk about. I feel for this poster, because this is such a difficult topic; however, I will say that many people express themselves in odd ways after an unusual death. I say odd, because it may be ways that are not usual to that persons nature, so it will appear odd or contrary to the way they usually deal with things or are in regular situations. Death is a scary thing, and as mentioned before, sex is a definite thing that shows you are alive. I'm sorry for the loss, and I can definitely relate to the feeling of sadness and hopelessness that occurs when something like this happens. 😢
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And now our friendship group has been split. This is because the girl's bf was in shock on Wednesday night, we'd all gone out, about 30 of us, and by the end of the night everyone was drunk and went back to someone's house. I woke up there the next day and people were being really funny with a good friend of mine and she was upset. Turns out that she and this girl's bf had stayed up talking and had ended up sleeping together. She has a bf, although he's away on holiday at the moment. Some people were so mad about it. I know it's not the best thing for her to do, but as we were going home I asked her about it and she said that it seemed natural, that it was a kind of mutual comforting. I don't know what to do, a couple of people I spoke to said she was so wrong to do it, but I can kind of understand why it happened. I spoke with the girl's bf last night and he said he was grateful to her, that it helped him and that he didn't understand why everyone was so upset. I know that he's not in the best place at the moment, but if it was consensual I don't see anything wrong with it. I've heard before about people having sex when they're bereaved, I was just wondering what you guys think of it. Before now, I would have thought it was pretty bad too, but after all the emotions of the past couple of days I can sort of understand why it happened between them. This argument between everyone is the worst thing that can have happened right now.