Marie Osmond's Son Commits Suicide

Soft*Silver · 03-10-2010, 10:31 PM

my brother committed suicide when he was 24. I was 18. He used a shot gun. There are so many details floating in memories that are too grotesque to share here. But I will say this...Roseanne's blog is pretty much what to expect when someone you love commits suicide. At least from my own experience. I cant believe what came out of people's mouths..its as if they had lost all social sense. People told me my brother was going to burn in hell for taking his own life. And I had to live down what he did. And that he was a coward. And they wondered if he had gotten a girl pregnant. (back in the days this was a horrible mess) or was he a "queer" or did he have a drinking problem?

At the time, it made me bitter...and I slammed shut so no one could get to my core, which had just been skinned open by his violent death. Its when I started to drink, so I could numb out the autrocity of his death and the stupidity of how people responded to it.

Now, after sobriety and therapy, I realize those people didnt know better. I can forgive them for adding salt into the wounds. That doesnt make what they did,right. In fact, it is SO wrong that I spend awhole lot of time in my personal life educating people about suicide. I dont want anyone to go thru what I went thru.

Roseanne was way off base for saying what she did. She needs to understand that once you say something, it lasts a lifetime. She needs to think before she speaks...

Andrew, Jr. · 03-11-2010, 09:25 AM

My younger brother committed suicide when he was just 15 yo. What started the whole chain of events was he took out the family car after Dad told him not too. He had an accident with the car. And from there it just went downhill.

People do say horrible things when someone commits suicide. Things that they say are mind blowing.

People also say horrible things when my sister, Jo died from skin cancer. The things they said to us, and her 2 boys...just unbelieveable.

I wish there was a course in ettiquette on handling death. No matter what the situation is, or how it happened.

Apocalipstic · 03-11-2010, 09:58 AM

Has anyone here met Marie Osmond?

I have and I must say I am thrilled that I am not related ot her.

So sad her son died, I completely understand how difficult it is to grow up gay in a church who believes gays are abominations. I hope someday churches like that will clue in to what they are doing to people.

Andrew, Jr. · 03-11-2010, 01:33 PM

Was Marie's son really gay or is that a rumor? I thought she had a lesbain daughter.

My younger brother was bullied in school. He wasn't muscular or part of the "in" crowd. I think that was a huge part of his actions that day.

Apocalipstic · 03-11-2010, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Andrew, Jr.

Was Marie's son really gay or is that a rumor? I thought she had a lesbain daughter.

My younger brother was bullied in school. He wasn't muscular or part of the "in" crowd. I think that was a huge part of his actions that day.

Oh, I have no idea...I tought people earlier in the thread said he was.

I never met him, but I have "met" Marie. Several times.

Soft*Silver · 03-12-2010, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by apocalipstic

Oh, I have no idea...I tought people earlier in the thread said he was.

I never met him, but I have "met" Marie. Several times.

cocking my head...pausing over the word in quotes.

I sense there is a story here....

Andrew, Jr. · 03-12-2010, 11:59 AM

Apocalipstic,

I have to say that I was a bit surprised that Marie went right back to work after Michael was buried. I understand that life goes on, and you move on. But for me, and what I have experienced, I couldn't have gone back to school that week after the funeral. What was Marie like? Is this because of the faith she practices? It doesn't make sense to me.

03-10-2010, 10:31 PM	#1
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03-11-2010, 09:58 AM	#3
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03-11-2010, 09:25 AM	#2
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03-11-2010, 01:33 PM	#4
Andrew, Jr. Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Me Preferred Pronoun?: He Relationship Status: Unavailable Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Over the Rainbow in a House Posts: 5,072 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 16,004 Thanked 5,249 Times in 2,216 Posts Rep Power: 0	Was Marie's son really gay or is that a rumor? I thought she had a lesbain daughter. My younger brother was bullied in school. He wasn't muscular or part of the "in" crowd. I think that was a huge part of his actions that day.

03-12-2010, 11:59 AM	#7
Andrew, Jr. Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Me Preferred Pronoun?: He Relationship Status: Unavailable Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Over the Rainbow in a House Posts: 5,072 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 16,004 Thanked 5,249 Times in 2,216 Posts Rep Power: 0	Apocalipstic, I have to say that I was a bit surprised that Marie went right back to work after Michael was buried. I understand that life goes on, and you move on. But for me, and what I have experienced, I couldn't have gone back to school that week after the funeral. What was Marie like? Is this because of the faith she practices? It doesn't make sense to me.