It's not a joke.

It was a joke. nm [2008-10-21]
mpff

Hopefully this is a joke...sm [2008-10-07]
You would think the wire/string would get caught in the lower eyelashes. If you watch the video, the model never moves her eyes side to side.

Okay, this has got to be a joke to get us all going today [2008-07-09]
That is called trolling and/or spamming. The first post from the OP sounds like a depressed person... who needs help. The second post from the OP sounds like a completely different person (different inflections etc) making up some sort of soap opera. So, if you are real, and yanking our chain, not funny. If you are real and both stories are true, call 911 or a counselor ASAP, or at the very least take a day off and you have our sympathies. Most of all if you are trolling, shame on me for letting you waste my time! Oh yes, and by the way, have a nice day. :)

It's not a joke. [2008-05-26]
Warning....!!!! Just last weekend on Friday night we parked in a public parking area. As we drove away I noticed a sticker on the rear window of the car. When I took it off after I got home, it was a receipt for gas. Luckily my friend told me not to stop as it could be someone waiting for me to get out of the car. Then we received this email yesterday: 'WARNING FROM POLICE - BEWARE OF PAPER ON THE BACK WINDOW OF YOUR VEHICLE--NEW WAY TO DO CARJACKINGS (NOT A JOKE)' Heads up everyone! Please, keep this circulating... You walk across the parking lot, unlock your car and get inside. You start the engine and shift into Reverse. When you look into the rearview mirror to back out of your parking space, you notice a piece of paper stuck to the m iddle of the rear window. So, you shift into Park, unlock your doors, and jump out of your car to remove that paper (or whatever it is) that is obstructing your view. When you reach the back of your car, that is when the carjackers appear out of nowhere, jump into your car and take off. They practically mow you down as they speed off in your car. And guess what, ladies? I bet your purse is still in the car. So now the carjacker has your car, your home address, your money, and your keys. Your home and your whole identity are now compromised! BEWARE OF THIS NEW SCHEME THAT IS NOW BEING USED. If you see a piece of paper stuck to your back window, just drive away. Remove the paper later. And be thankful that you read this e-mail. I hope you will forward this to friends and family, especially to women. A purse contains all kinds of personal information and identification documents, and you certainly do NOT want this to fall into the wrong hands. Please keep this going

Tell us where you work! Please! no joke. [2008-03-21]
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perhaps she should offshore. joke, NM [2008-03-14]
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Just a quick question, if "public school is a joke" [2008-03-11]
why are you allowing your daughter to attend one?

Yes, it will be taxable. What a joke, huh???? [2008-01-24]
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I was totally making a joke, Just having a little fun! [2008-01-03]
I love my kids as well as my furkids, but believe me, they are not genuises!

PETA....this organization is a cruel joke! [2007-12-13]
You DON'T want PETA to be involved in anything related to animals.

There is nothing on the news. Is this a bad joke? [2007-11-08]
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This is NOT a joke. I do not joke like this. See this link sl [2007-11-08]
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=492533&in_page_id=1770&ct=5

I agree this war is a joke, and I would not be proud of my kid being a part of it. [2007-09-01]
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I thought this was a joke when it first came on! LOL...nm [2007-06-26]
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Yeah, I know. It was just a joke. [2007-06-09]
See what I did there - I substituted nits for ticks. :oD

Not me - I think she will get to stay under house arrest - what a joke [2007-06-08]
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Don't even know a joke when you hear one. Wow! [2007-05-20]
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NO! And, like he is better than Melinda? lol What a joke. [2007-05-17]
Poor Melinda, I seriously think she was in shock, like the rest of us.

Jay Leno started the joke of how she looks like.... [2007-05-17]
Shrek! She does have a beautiful spirit, though, so hopefully that won't hurt her down the road.

underpaid teachers - what a joke! [2007-04-26]
I agree that teachers have all this extra work they have to do in their own time, but don spring break, Christmas break, plus the fact that they get most of the summertime off with pay. I think that more than makes up for the extra time they have to put in while school is in session. I have a friend who is in the highest paying school district in Ohio and upon retirement, he and his wife will both be making 80K plus on their pensions. What's so god awful about that!!!!! Winning 10K may not be so great either by the time they pay taxes on it and add it to their income, possibly kicking them into a higher tax bracket. That can be considered a good or bad winning.

Snopes and MTV say Richards story was a joke. [2007-04-04]
That was just too nasty to be true...even for that fella! http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1556258/20070403/rolling_stones.jhtml

it's a joke . . . [2007-03-15]
go to votefortheworse.com

Sanjaya is a JOKE. First of all, [2007-03-15]
he CANNOT SING; and if he thinks he can, he needs a reality check. He should have to sit and listen to himself like we all have to week after week. ICK. It is just is not fair to the other contests to keep voting for him and losing better singers (not saying Brandon is great, but he is, was, much better than Sanny Boy. If he wins this thing, which I doubt, it would be the END OF IDOL. I surely would not watch it ever again. This show is turning out to something other than a SINGING contest as Simon and the others have said over and over and over. Why are there 3 judges anyway? AMERICA should not be allowed to vote, if this kind of c*** is going to continue. They need to put a stop to it. BUT they are raking in the ratings and the $$$$ so they probably really do not care.

vote is a joke [2007-03-15]
There is a web site set up, which I am sure most of you know about, that encourages voters to vote for certain singers, (the worst) Sanjaya happening to be the one the last couple weeks. I know the same thing pretty much happened with a couple of singers last year, they were mentioned on the web site and for several weeks, although they were terrible, they were not even in the bottom 3.

This is a joke, right? Your son LIVES with her, [2006-12-20]
and you wonder about any of this? Give me a break! If the coach were God Himself, that would be no excuse to hand over your mothering duties and your son to someone else, let alone someone you think is a B. Give me a break. What is wrong with you?

Interesting. My mom used Vicks on us for everything. [2008-11-06]
The joke was that Mom thought Vicks VapoRub could cure cancer! I remember her rubbing my chest with it in great gooey gobs all over my chest which made my pajama top stick to me. She also had a special humidifier, which was a huge glass jar with some sort of heater attachment on the top. Steam rose up from the jar and passed over a little reservoir of Vicks. The result was something akin to a Vicks potpourri. But that contraption got really hot, and I remember getting scald burns from it when I got too close. Ahhh, the good old days! :)

Is it because of the neighbors in general [2008-10-30]
or just that you don't want to impose on anyone? I have 3 that I can borrow from and have. My very best friend who lived across the street up until last year was someone I always went to and vice versa. We could borrow anything from each other and I mean anything. We joke with each other all the time now when I need to borrow something really crazy that I wish she was still here because if I asked the others, they'd think I was nuts.

I wish I could do this! [2008-10-23]
My family basically does this. Mom buys all the food and the kids cook (mostly me because I love it). We decided last year that we would not buy gifts. We only exchange gifts that have a meaning to them. We call it Crafty Christmas (or Crappy Christmas as the husbands joke). It can be something that is meaningful from childhood, pictures, something regifted from your house, something funny, or crafty. We actually had a fantastic time last year and everyone voted to do it againt this year. We agreed not to spend more than $10 getting the gift together, but I don't think anything cost more than a couple dollars as most of it was made from household things. Grandma still bought for grandkids under 18 and did stockings but that was it. Now my in-laws insist on making a big thing of Christmas every year. They spend thousands. I suggested it last year as they were planning to retire and letting us know that they had to cut back - but MIL was obviously offended at my suggestion. My husband's brother and family are in no way financially able to provide any gifts this year (they are living with the in-laws) so I'm thinking of proposing the idea to him and his wife for agreement and let the others do what they want. I can't feel bad for not being able to afford gifts for everyone and wanting it to be more about family than presents. I would love to make dinner this year since we are not going to my mom's (she lives out of state) but that's another thing that my MIL doesn't want to give up and obviously didn't care for my brunch a few years ago BUT since we have the only young child in the family I insisted that we have Christmas morning at our own home and my hubs backed me up.

Bullying [2008-10-22]
I taught my kids from a very early age that bullying anyone for any reason is totally unacceptable and would be severely punished if it came from them. I also taught them that when I was bullied so horribly all the way through school, I dealt with it with humor. I became quite adept at turning a bully It took them so off guard that it took all the fun out of it for them, and so moved onto someone else. It still did not stop me from going home every day to cry in my room by myself. I also taught my boys that if physically attacked, they were to use whatever defensive means it took to get away from the situation.

Well, it kinda means she likes girls. [2008-10-20]
Not that there's anything wrong with that. Hah! Someone had to make that joke, darn it. :-)

OMG [2008-10-15]
i thought it was a joke until i went to the website. that is awful

Please ignore the above post [2008-10-07]
My hubby often does not listen to me but I know for a fact he is not having an affair. I have just quit listening to him as well. It has become a joke in our family. Not to make light of your situation, I know yours is more serious, but donknows he is having an affair is ludicrous.

I agree. The Goldman family is a class act. They [2008-10-06]
deserve justice for their son and this is finally a feather in their cap. The sight of that moron Simpson makes my blood boil. Mr. personality can now give that big Colgate smile to his cell mate in prison. How will he ever continue the search he said he would be on to find the real killer of Nicole and Ron now that he will be incarcerated? What a joke and what ignorance of the people who let him slipthrough the first time around.

When you mentioned the Goldman family that [2008-10-06]
really brought back memories when I sat in front of my TV on my break and heard the verdict. As long as I live I will not forget the loud cries of Kim Goldman as her dad held her in the courtroom when they read an innocent verdict. I was literally sick. I will hush now, too, but we had to sit by all these years and look at that joke of a man having lap dances, etc. I almost lost my dinner over that one. Have a good day. I am smiling with you. I was only a matter of time for someone like him with his anger, abusive natureand need to control.

Wow - glad I'm not alone [2008-09-27]
While I dondoing something). I told him I could not sit down and talk to him in depth about my feeling because he would always give me the same line of you. Once I was so angry I told him you need to look at things the way I see them and he told me no, because your wrong. I told him I wanted a baby. He told me we don. Inumb most of the time. So I don't know what it is. Maybe I'm going through a midlife crisis. But at least I don't feel anymore that I'm weird or alone as I see other people are facing the same things. Wow! I've never told anyone ever any of the things I just wrote. Felt good to get it out, hope I didn't drabble on and bore any of you.

Don't think people are buying it! [2008-09-18]
I have an ex-brother-in-law who is a compulsive liar and whereas we don't call him on the lies, they are a joke to us and we laugh about it later. So to the liars out there, don't think we're that gullible!

Hooray - glad I'm not the only one [2008-08-27]
I have read that scientist who have been studying this for years and years say the earth is actually on a cooling trend and we are headed on our way to an ice age. I'm not sure whether or not I think Gore believes what he is saying. I know he is receiving a lot of money to say what he is, so I think that is a huge factor. One thing that bothers me about his theory is that he will not listen to the scientist who know what they are talking about. He just cashes the checks he is receiving (from the people who are not studying this). Also, the last time the planet was in its warming phase was before the industrial revolution when there was no polution, automobiles, etc. So why do a lot of people believe that that is why they think our planet is warming. I do believe the planet warms and cools in its own time and this is not something that is only caused by polution. Also I understand the sun has none (or very little) sun spots (? - don't know if sun spots is the correct word), but the sun should have a ton of these spots and the scientist are trying to figure out why they don't. DH told me many planets are being affected and if global warming is being caused by human polution, how can there be global warming on other planets. Maybe there are little green men and they are poluting the other plants. :-) P.S. - how about those carbon credits????? What a joke.

Good luck is all I can say...... [2008-08-19]
We don otherwise, they don't do their job. My mother has watched neighbors get one dog after the other, the puppies are leashed and literally die before her eyes of parvo. She repeatedly calls animal control, which are the police, and they don't do a thing. The dogs eventually die a miserable death and nothing is done to the owners at all. My brother finally flat out told one of her neighbors he would take a little mommy dog who had already had puppies after puppies and was starving to death. In 110 degree heat she doesn't even get water except from him who sneaks her some. They handed her over but she was already ate up with heartworms and died shortly thereafter. Our animal control is a joke...they won't even go into the yard to check out the animals. They say they can't.....so what the heck are they there for? I just hope yours runs things better than ours...find out the laws in your state and be prepared to push those laws if you see nothing is being done. Good luck!!!!!

Ridiculous......... [2008-07-23]
I suppose the news needs some garbage to throw out there to get attention. This is not a man, but a woman, with the body parts to have a child. Just no breasts. So what now, does a woman with a mastectomy suddenly become a man? Pleeeeezzze!!!! I do feel for that child. How in the world do you explain all this? Then again, if the child grows up among it all, probably won't think twice about it.....this will be the norm for that child. I thought I would be sick watching Oprah oooh and aaah over this person, A MAN GIVING BIRTH........what a joke!

When I see the story of Charles Manson s/m [2008-06-17]
on TV and they show footage during the trial, etc. it makes me sick. They were all smiling and laughing at the press like it was a big joke. I will say, howevery, that Patricia (forgive me for this spelling) Krenwinkle has much remorse. She cried during an interview I saw a few years back and said that she should never see the light of day outside of prison. She said every day of her life she lives with what she has done. That is not to say that I think she should be released, just saying I truly believes she has remorse. She was angry because she said Charlie still accepts no responsibility for any of it.

It's not a joke. [2008-05-26]
Warning....!!!! Just last weekend on Friday night we parked in a public parking area. As we drove away I noticed a sticker on the rear window of the car. When I took it off after I got home, it was a receipt for gas. Luckily my friend told me not to stop as it could be someone waiting for me to get out of the car. Then we received this email yesterday: 'WARNING FROM POLICE - BEWARE OF PAPER ON THE BACK WINDOW OF YOUR VEHICLE--NEW WAY TO DO CARJACKINGS (NOT A JOKE)' Heads up everyone! Please, keep this circulating... You walk across the parking lot, unlock your car and get inside. You start the engine and shift into Reverse. When you look into the rearview mirror to back out of your parking space, you notice a piece of paper stuck to the m iddle of the rear window. So, you shift into Park, unlock your doors, and jump out of your car to remove that paper (or whatever it is) that is obstructing your view. When you reach the back of your car, that is when the carjackers appear out of nowhere, jump into your car and take off. They practically mow you down as they speed off in your car. And guess what, ladies? I bet your purse is still in the car. So now the carjacker has your car, your home address, your money, and your keys. Your home and your whole identity are now compromised! BEWARE OF THIS NEW SCHEME THAT IS NOW BEING USED. If you see a piece of paper stuck to your back window, just drive away. Remove the paper later. And be thankful that you read this e-mail. I hope you will forward this to friends and family, especially to women. A purse contains all kinds of personal information and identification documents, and you certainly do NOT want this to fall into the wrong hands. Please keep this going

Yes...sm [2008-05-22]
She is illegal and I have turned her in anonymously but no results. I tried believe me. Immigration doesn't do squat. She has fake SS card and is getting WIK for being pregnant where they give you free food and then formula. She is going to another state and fraudently getting Medicaid. Immigration is a joke in this country. And my dad feels sorry for her and thinks I am just mean. I finally gave up turning her in. I have even contacted the bank and told them she is illegal because they aren't supposed to give accounts to illegal immigrants. They didn't do anything because she still has the account there. That is why illegal immigration is so rampant in this country. There are no consequences. The government just looks the other way. I am going to buy one of those locking mailboxes so she can't get into my mailbox. Also I want some very fast growing privacy hedges.

Thank you for asking, and funny you should ask today [2008-04-25]
Everything seemed to be going fine until last night. I asked him a question that he totally took the wrong way (can't even remember what it was cuz it turned into such a huge argument)and things just escalated from there. He is still going to the therapist, goes again next Wednesday but either I have completely overreacted or he is still in total denial, maybe a little of both. Still says everything was just a joke. Let me know that he was still mad at me for sending him to a shrink, didn't like me walking on eggshells around him (had no idea I was doing that), not being able to trust him, and thanks for talking to his friends cuz now they think he is crazy. He can't seem to understand that any caring parent would have done pretty much the same thing. I also told him if we didn't trust him we would have taken his car keys from, we certainly wouldn't let him drive our daughter around, and we probably wouldn't let him leave the house. DH did back me up on this. Our son doesn't seem to have an anger toward his father even though DH has agreed with everything we have said and done so far. As far as his friends go, they have been doing everything they possibly could to talk him to going to the prom. He is a junior but two of his closest friends are seniors and really want him there. They are going in a big group, some couples and some singles. He did ask me this morning to take him to order a tux, so I was really glad for that. I felt like after the fight last night some things are more out in the open now. Maybe we are making progress, but I still don't know where we need to get to. Next week I am going to talk to the therapist first and tell him what happened last night. DS still won't talk about what goes on in the sessions. I walked with my SIL this morning and talking to her helped. She kept reminding my that he is only 17 and some of the things he said last night were out of anger and he meant to hurt me. I understand that now, and realize that there is defintely some teenage angst that he just really needs to release right now, and I don't think he knows exactly how to do that. Please keep us in your thoughts.

Yes he is a good man - not 100% but for the most part [2008-04-20]
Just felt I need to do another post to let you know a little more info. Our days consist of talking over current events, watching movies and laughing. We joke around a lot (maybe 30-40% of our day). We talk of things that interest us, what we want, where we want to be. Things we have done over our years together. Our days are probably pretty typical of anyone's life. Maybe I shouldndifferences in opinions maybe once every 3 or 4 months. So maybe I mistated myself in my original post, maybe my PMS was setting in. Maybe I'm overreacting and have absolutely nothing to worry about. On a different note, my DH does tell me often that I am a very intelligent person, I am strong, I know what I want and that keeps him grounded. He tells me to keep him in line if I feel hewhat do I want to be when I grow up, but I often hear a lot of people going through the same things. I listen to him, sympathize with him and then I tell him what I think. He listens. Of course it may not stick but he listens and a few days later he will tell me you know you were right. That's why I wonder if he is going through a mid-life crisis at times. He has never ever once been violent or shown any tendencies towards violence. He hates violence and when he hears about it on TV he gets so angry and tells me what he thinks should happen to guys who are violent towards their spouses, children, animals or whatever. He's never raised a hand (I'd beat him to a pulp first). He has never even gotten so upset that he hits an object or kicks a box or anything. In fact, if anyone has a temper out of us it's me (inhereted that little bad puppy from my mom), but I've never done anything more than clench my fists and yell at the top of my lungs (which i'm sure my christian aunt who lived across the road from us got an ear full when I was yelling at the top of my lungs G*d F*ng D*mn it. HA HA Anyway...we do have things at times we should work out. I will read more self help books but no I won't go to a counseler (no money for it) and no I'm not going to divorce him. Yes sometimes I do feel like I'm living in hell, but for the most part I have a good life. At times I feel like maybe I'm the one going through a midlife crisis (no kids, belong to no groups, have no friends here - just me and the PC). DH says I should get back involved in a quilt guild here so am looking around the area (we just moved here a year ago). Thanks for all the input Iyou tell him this or you demand that or you threaten that you will leave him. I'm like...yeah, right, all I need is another argument. Anyway...thanks all, just felt I had to post again to let you know a little more about what I'm going through. Like I say, maybe I shouldn't have posted anything. Just felt a bit down at that time. I can keep you posted as to what happens. Will be telling him later she's coming out.

I've noticed that in many... [2008-04-15]
tv shows too, even when they are speaking the drug name they say it wrong. I lmao. But I think they have to unless they have the manufacturers permission to use it or else they could get sued. But it's still like an inside joke to me whenever I hear/see it.

Tips [2008-04-14]
It's easy to get mad at someone, but getting to the deeper root of the problem is sometimes more difficult. If you have recurring arguments, get to the root of the issue once and for all. Knowing what the sore spot is will help you understand each other more and will help avoid future blow outs. Admit when you I guarantee he will appreciate it. Although fighting is serious, breaking the tension if the timing is right is sometimes necessary. Don't mock or undermine the argument, but making a joke will prove that your relationship means more than simply winning an argument. You really get to see someone's insecurities during a fight so talk about them with each other in order to get to know each other even better than you thought you did. Try to avoid hitting below the belt and bringing up past fights. No matter how angry you are, it will behoove you to fight fairly. These are some good tips I came across. Good luck! Lilly

good tips [2008-04-14]
thanks for the tips - I like the one about making a joke or trying to lighten the mood - I have used that one before and it usually works.. I also like the one about not hitting below the belt - I used to do that with my first husband - that's not good. . it is just hurtful.

Update on son [2008-04-09]
Once again I thank all of you for your responses. We (DH and I, with son) went to the therapist today. We did not tell our son about the appointment. We just checked him out of school. I really thought there would be a lot of drama but he went very willingly. My biggest fear after reading the post on his myspace was suicide. I myself have a history of deep depression and at 18 tried to commit suicide. Anyway, I liked the therapist immediately. After a bit of discussion with my son he asked me why I thought he needed to be here. I told him about what I read on myspace but since making the appointment I found out a few other things. I talked with each of his 3 closest friends separatley and they all told me very similar things. My son is 5 In my opinion this kid is an incredibly healthy eater for the most part, but take him to a Chinese buffet and he eats 2 to 4 plates full. Same thing with lasagna, he can He has never said a word to us when we are together as a family about eating too much, but when he is with his friends eating out, which is at least once a week or more, he always talks about how fat he is and even sometimes says oh I ate so much I have to go throw up now. They also talked about his moodiness but just sort of thought, we all go through those days, which I agree. When I told this to the therapist in front of my son he kept saying it was a joke. Well, 2 of his friends are very overweight. I asked him how he could joke about this in front of them. He just kept saying, just like about the myspace post, it is just a joke. Obviously there is more going on here. He then talked with the therapist alone for about 30 minutes. We took him to lunch afterwards and I asked him if there was anything he wanted to talk about and he shrugged his shoulders and acted like what in particular should we talk about, so I let it drop. We took him back to school and he did tell me he loved me before he got out of the car (I said it first and it is something we say in our family all the time). After school he seemed fine but only had a few minutes because he had to get to tennis. I think possiblyI over reacted to the threat of suicide, but I am now afraid of an eating disorder. His bedroom and bathroom are in the basement so if he is thowing up I am definitely not aware of it. Yes I will definitely be more aware of his actions after we eat together and it really sucks that I have no idea what he and the therapist talked about, but I do feel better for having followed through with the appointment. We go back in about 10 days so I feel the doc does not think he is about to harm himself. As a matter of fact he told my son in front of us that everything they discussed he could not tell me unless he thought there was a possibility of him harming himself. Gosh guys, this is soooo long again. If I didn Thanks!

eating problem [2008-04-09]
I'm glad you are aware of the possibility of an eating disorder - it is SO hard to tell with kids - the way they joke around about things - but sometimes joking is the way they address it - just glad you recognize the possibility. . Hugs to you and yours. .

I truely need some advice [2008-04-08]
This will probably be long, sorry for that. I have very often talked about my children on this blog and many times have talked about what a great son I have. He is 17yrs old and I thought a really happy well-rounded kid. I was at my parentother mother checked her e-mail. There was a message from my SIL about my son. Apparently my niece had gone to my son I have never had a problem with my kids being on myspace because I would have my daughter check my nieces They have alway been fun and innocent. My son has a very long post that is definitely too long to type here, but it essentially talks about how unhappy he is i.e. Ithe constant aching, I, I, I We printed the pages and I came home and talked with my husband. We then talked to him. His response It was a joke. We talked and argured for about an hour. This is not a joke, where is the humor. My husband backed up everything I said but he himself said very little because quite frankly he came from the least dysfunctional family there is, and I if you look up dysfunction in the dictionary you would see a pic. of my family. I know we didnjust a joke is not a real answer. I kept saying what is funny about this? and he had no answer to that. My son is a straight A student, is extremely active in after school activities. He is going to Wash. DC this weekend with the FBLA for a state competition. He spent this past Saturday working with his art club raising funds for animal rescue missions. He and DH were at an away tennis match while I was at my parents. He is going to Africa this summer for 2 weeks on a mission trip and is so excited he can hardly stand it. He talks about college all the time. He knows exactly where he wants to go and he has an excellent chance of getting accepted there. I asked him if he felt he was under too much pressure. Was there so much going on in his life that he felt maybe he couldn He said no way. He said do I seem like the kind of kid that would commit suicide? No he doesn He is the last person we would have expected to do this. I have thought about calling our pastor, a therapist, his friends and their parents (we are quite close will most all of his friends and their parents) a guidance counselor, but I don Either he is in denial, refuses to tell us the truth so I don I have cried and cried until my eyelids feel like sandpaper. I haven Does anyone have any wise words to share? I really need a hug.