Lives of Quiet Desperation
September 3, 2008This story caught me a little short. Why would a man with everything a person could ever want - family and wealth - want to end it all? If he’d lost everything, he could’ve started all over again. Perhaps its a psychosis that only happens to men of a certain generation. They’ve spent years of singleminded hardwork and determination getting to where they are, but they don’t have the mental and emotional flexibility to adapt to changing circumstances. Something which younger generations have to cope with on an almost daily basis.
It’s just too damned bad when that self-control snaps, and lives are lost.
