Wife quacks suicide...

Old 06-27-2011, 06:26 PM
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Wife quacks suicide...

and makes it sound real. Especially the part about picking up the cats. Of course I'm at work. Its almost quitting time so I call the police and head over to her apartment. She's fine but she is most certainly messed up on something. I talk to the nice police officers a little, the emt's arrive and try to get her to go to the hospital for evaluation. I talk some to her and convince her to go. She's taken to the crisis center and I'm left at the apartment. I'm taking the day off tomorrow to go get the cats and any other important stuff I left behind from when I moved out. She should be there in the hospital for 72 hours.

The good news is my recovery tools worked as advertised, I coped very well and had minimal interaction with her before she was hauled away.

Thank you SR. This could have been a codie nightmare but ended up being not that big of a deal.

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You handled that perfectly! All suicide threats should be taken seriously, but let the professionals handle it. If she had been serious, then she would be in the perfect hands. If not, then the hassle of having to stay on 72 hour psych watch will probably be enough to keep her from trying a stunt like that again.

Once you get the cats and all your belongings, if she tries that again, just call 911 but don't show up over there. I doubt she'll try again, but if you refuse to be "on call" for these shenanigans, they'll stop.

You done good!
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Good goin', Mike.

And this is your opportunity to get what you need out of the apartment (dang, and I was all set to crate up the annoying one to keep you company for awhile).
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Y'know your recovery tools are working when you can roll through a suicide admission without breaking a sweat.

That is truly miraculous, when you stop to really think about it.

Excellent job, Mike, on getting the job done, remaining calm and detached, and going about YOUR life, then.

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Mike,

Your recovery is shining. Great job not getting sucked into the drama.

My exah has threatened suicide several times over the years. Its the ultimate tool of manipulation. It worked for him. His threats immobilized me with fear.

Great job leaving it in the hands of professionals.
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Sounds like you have everything under control, isn't recovery wonderful?

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Mike, your recovery is shining!
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Old 06-27-2011, 07:21 PM
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Originally Posted by dollydo View Post
Sounds like you have everything under control, isn't recovery wonderful?

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Yes it is. Shame it took me 15 years to get here.

The hardest part of the whole day was all the phone calls that needed to be made.

Lexi, I may want to trade cats with you. The one (Mimi) is very sweet but she drools, especially when being petted. Of course her way to deal with it is to shake her head and fling it everywhere. Yech.

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Old 06-27-2011, 07:23 PM
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Way to go you handled it with grace and dignity and didnt get sucked into her emotional roller coaster. That is a glowing example of loving detachment, you loved her as your childrens mother enough to get her help but left the help to the professionals way to go.
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Your cat drools???????
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Originally Posted by tjp613 View Post
Your cat drools???????
Yes, and its disgusting.

She only does it sometimes but still.....yech.
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Wow. And that's all I have to say about this. Wow.
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I'm too tired to go through all the emoticons but picture one that does a big thumbs up. I'm impressed with your presence of mind.

I'm kind of questioning if there isn't a little codie left in you, though, given that you're taking in a drooling cat?
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Originally Posted by lillamy View Post
I'm too tired to go through all the emoticons but picture one that does a big thumbs up. I'm impressed with your presence of mind.

I'm kind of questioning if there isn't a little codie left in you, though, given that you're taking in a drooling cat?
ROTFLMAO!!!!

Thank you, that made my day!!

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YAYYY go mike! Glad you didn't get sucked into the unnecessary drama!
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Thanks for sharing! What a powerful thing recovery can be.
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Great job, m1k3!

I have a drooling cat, too. She's got some other quirks as well. She doesn't destroy furniture and she does her business in the correct locations so she gets to stay.
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Way to go!!! I know everyone will get better with our HP's good grace. Keep up the good work.

Drooling cat? No problem! Pet with one hand, hold cloth with other. Toss cloth in laundry. Repeat.
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I have fond memories of a drooling cat. She was with us for fifteen years. With her, it wasn't so bad... she had a slight overbite, and would drool just a drop now and then as she was purring.
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Damn Mike!

Originally Posted by skippernlilg View Post
Pet with one hand, hold cloth with other. Toss cat in dryer. Repeat.
Fixed that for you.
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