Yahoo Answers is shutting down on May 4th, 2021 (Eastern Time) and beginning April 20th, 2021 (Eastern Time) the Yahoo Answers website will be in read-only mode. There will be no changes to other Yahoo properties or services, or your Yahoo account. You can find more information about the Yahoo Answers shutdown and how to download your data on this help page.

How would you feel if....???

... the family of a guy blames you for their son's suicide?? In his note he said he killed himself because you would not love him when he tried everything to make you fall in love with him... the girl had told him from the start that they can be no more than friends and he should fall for someone else..

Update:

thank u all for the answers... please keep on answering, it helps to know someone cares... for those who are wondering about the identity of the girl.. then its yours truly.... :(

Update 2:

Actually this happened a few years ago and somehow i was able to move on (with God's grace).. but old wounds were re-opened when another guy again told me that he cant live without me and he would just rather be dead if i would not love him back... i already told him its the most stupid thing that he could do to himself and whatever he might feel its still not right to take you own life... now hes saying if something happened to him then its my fault... help!! its a nightmare all over again...

24 Answers

Relevance
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    Wow.

    I would feel terrible, but not guilty. Whatever reason the boy commited suicide, it cannot be blamed on anyone.

    There may have been deeper issues going on and the boy was using the girl as the exterior reason for his sadness.

    Whoever the girl is, she should not feel guilty. There is NO way it was her fault, even though he may have thought of her in his last minutes...it was his decision and she did not make him do it.

    I'm sorry for whoever this is happening to.....

    hope this helps! =]

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Wow, that's pretty tough stuff... I would feel kind of persecuted, because everyone is responsible for their own actions and the son decided for himself that he would commit suicide. Even if he said he killed himself because of your rejection, that is not your fault; it is his for not being able to deal with what life dealt for him. I would even go so far as to say that the family is more to blame (although I don't think playing the blame game is helpful in any case, what happened happened, and there is no changing it) for not teaching him how to deal with his problems.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    if she didn't feel anything other than being friends . He is the one with the problem . The family just want to blame someone and it's stupid ! The son just couldn't take no for an answer. Sad but allot of guys are like that!

  • 1 decade ago

    Wow this is sad and not the girls fault!! Sounds like the boy had issues about feeling loved to begin with. I suggest get a Dr's help here for the family of the young man and for the young lady. This is a double tragedy all the way around. Love, light and prayers for all involved.

  • How do you think about the answers? You can sign in to vote the answer.
  • 1 decade ago

    I don't think i would feel any remorse. Suicide is one of the dumbest things someone can do. They can blame nobody but themselves for not being able to deal with anything. It should not be your fault, so there would be no sense in beating yourself up over it. Even though the letter blamed you, you were not the one saying to kill themselves. It's kind of better though that at least they killed themselves without killing others, like some Columbine crap.

  • 1 decade ago

    Wow that sucks. I can only imagine how you must be feeling. The only advice I have for you is that you were his friend and must have liked him on some level. You can't make someone fall in love with you. If being friends with you wasn't enough then that was his problem not yours. And even though he made a bad decision about what to do about his problem, it's still not your problem. Nor is it his family's problem. My heart goes out to you. Good luck.

  • 1 decade ago

    for one u can't make anyone fall in love with you it just happens. Anymore a guy will take his life because he can't have the girl he wants. I'd feel really bad. But there is a time to get over things and move on..But its no ones fault because he wanted to take his life.

  • 1 decade ago

    I would think a minute at how much this guy loved you,honour his memory.Its not your fault and his parents and he should not have blamed you if he truly loved you since carrying such a thing in life being blamed for another persons death is a very big burden which he should if he loved you have realised.So his love was obessesion not true love since true love is also about sacrifice not obessesion.my prayers are with u and may his soul rest in peace atleast now.

    Source(s): phd in psych/sociology in family and children drfreudianslip@gmail.com
  • 1 decade ago

    They are in mourning and sometimes people hurt others and say things they don't mean ...........she is not at fault and if her support and compassion are not good enough for the family of the deceased then she should see and talk to someone professional to help her cope if she can't on her own........if she can cope well then she should let it go........it' s not her fault period!

  • 1 decade ago

    I would feel absolutely awful and a little sad and angry that I was blamed. As if it isn't hard enough on you already. They shouldn't even be concerned with anything but the fact they have lost their son.

Still have questions? Get your answers by asking now.