Posted on 10/30/2024 9:52:02 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
What I get is the worry for how will my spouse, who possibly is losing her ability to care for herself, remember things, walk, understand how to pay bills, the things that perhaps he helped with, how will she get by ‘without me’.
It’s easy to see from the outside it’s wrong but when one is deeply attached to another and is a caregiver for that person it might seems like an answer, to let her ‘go with me’.
I’m not saying it’s right. But depression, anxiety, no way to solve a major problem, worrying about their spouse being alone and helpless, skewed the reasoning. I know in this case the wife was not looking to ‘go’ and maybe this doesn’t apply but I get why sometimes people make these decisions and sometimes those people do believe in God.
Out here in Az we had a local radio personality who he and his wife for years did very well. Famous, well loved, well off, but she had medical issues, they both had financial issues.
They made a pact, although he had nothing wrong with him they together committed suicide.
Phoenix was horrified. They were both beloved. He did not want to go on without her.
Their two grown children lost both parents in the span of two days.
I know no more of their personal details than that, but it is just heartbreaking on several levels.
On some level, this makes sense. Sad and wrong, but I get it.
Two of the older ladies in my church book club lost their husbands within the last two years. They refer to them as, “my Roy” and “my Bud”, and are floundering in the world now.
Vikings. More likely servent girls were killed and buried with their masters, perhaps sometimes wives. Viking women could divorce and engage in business.
Suttee. That was the term I was looking for. Thanks.
I’ll bet some former members of the British Commonwealth would love to be back under British rule. Not saying it was all wonderful, but the English established order in society and in commerce.
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