From: utzoo!decvax!microsof!uw-beave!cornell!vax135!ariel!hou5f!npoiv!harpo!eagle!eagle!raven!san
Newsgroups: net.suicide
Title: thanks to those who care
Article-I.D.: eagle.823
Posted: Thu Mar 10 13:56:45 1983
Received: Sun Mar 13 09:21:51 1983

I have read with interest the recent submissions on this net 
regarding the attempts by friends to stop a person from committing 
suicide. I owe a large debt of thanks to one such person myself. 

A number of years ago, while still in college, I fell in love with 
a diminutive woman named Lucille. We were amazed to discover that 
both of us had never known another person. 
Needless to say Lucille and I decided to save ourselves for the 
big occasion. But whenever we met in the interim period we would 
get excited about the prospects of sexuality that lay ahead of us. 
Three years later we were married and ended up in Paris for our honeymoon. 
Our first night together was a colossal disaster. I was inadequate 
beyond belief and our marriage could not be consummated. 
Devastated I told Lucille I was going out for a walk and started 
walking towards the Pont-de-Gaulle on the Seine. Halfway down the bridge 
I turned to jump into the river when a lady of the night, whom I shall 
call Dominique, beckoned me. Upon hearing my story she immediately 
blamed me for being insensitive and uncaring of my friends and seeing 
that I was impervious to her pleadings, 
started slapping me around and calling me names. 

And you know what! Something snapped and a great 
desire awakened inside of me. Thrusting 300 francs into Dominique's 
outstretched hand and muttering a hasty "Merci Beaucoup" 
I rushed back to Lucille and told her all. 
We now have three children and whenever we get romantic 
I tell Lucille that I am going out for a walk. She immediately flies 
into a rage, starts calling me names and slapping me  ...

				Sam A. Nolan
				eagle!raven!san