Originally Posted by
theuncertainty Hearing a parent imply they'd kill themselves must be a panic-inducing thing.
Not quite panic-inducing.
One of his ideas of "disciplining" (read manipulating) my brother and me when we were growing up was saying, "one day I'll be dead and gone and you'll be sorry you didn't do as I said" and things to that effect.
He's too much of a narcissist to kill himself.