Threatening
Suicide is Wrong Reason
to Take Ex Back
Dear
Harlan,
An ex-girlfriend has said that she will kill herself if I
do not get back with her. She said, "Listen to your heart,"
and I am. I made the right choice in breaking up with her,
but I don't want her to kill herself. WHAT DO I DO?
Nameless
Dear Nameless,
Basically, she's saying she's nothing without you. I'm sure
you're a good guy, but she IS something without you. And that's
what she needs professional help to see. So tell her parents,
tell her closest friends, tell anyone who can help her. If
you're in school, tell a teacher, who will be required to
tell her parents. If she's an adult, then find the people
that love her most to help her. You can help her as a friend
if you're able to do that. But don't date her. Put her in
contact with people who can help her. And if she does hurt
herself, you're not to blame. Depression, years of a poor
self-image and her sickness are to blame.
