So, I found out a couple of hours ago that an old work buddy committed suicide. He was always the guy that people turned to when they needed something but for some reason, he could not turn to others. He was married and has two wonderful kids. I just got off the phone with his wife as I tried to relay my condolences. I have talked to him at least once a month for the past 10+ years and I never saw this coming. I talked to him on Tue and we chatted about old times, about Christmas and about my new job. Everything seemed fine, there was no indication, he made no statements that would worry me but obviously, there was something wrong.

So, why did I author the title the way I did, it's because when I went around our circle of friends to let them know what happened one of the women said, and I quote "I understand why women attempt and commit suicide because of all the shit we have to put up with, but why do men since they run everything in the world", my answer "Because of people just like you who actually believe that men are the ones in power when in actual fact that vast majority of men have zero power to control their own lives, That's why".

Sorry for the rant.