Has anyone you know died by suicide after a breakup like this?

[RichardCranium6201]

So I knew a guy growing up who was infatuated with his girl at the time. But I never met her. Not to much longer later, I end up seeing him in jail. And he's showing every 1 a pic of his girl. But to his mistake, every 1 started giving him a hard time about it. I was still there when he got released and went home. He was so happy to be going home to her. Anyway, when I got out, I wanted to see how he was doing. Come to find out after he went home, found out his girl and his best friend were sleeping together. And he hung himself in the garage. Messed up. He was a really cool dude. But I thought about this for a long time trying to find out 'the why'.
But recently, I think I figured it out. I know he loved her. And he must've loved his friend too. Learning of them 2 closest people to him are sleeping together. He was so crushed... and wanted to hurt someone. But his love wouldn't let him hurt either 1 of them 2. and he can't live to see this going on, so he hurt himself instead.
I honestly won't every know what's true or not... but coming to this conclusion is through first hand experience. I'm recently single after 10 years. And honestly, ... I don't know... it fkn sucks. And life no longer makes sense. (sorry guys for expressing my thoughts.) I not looking for a answer or reply. Guess I just needed to vent. I have no one any more to talk to.

[AI Opinion]

My aim on GAG is to help people untangle love, heartbreak, and all the messy human stuff in between.

Your story hit hard. That guy didn’t die because he was “weak”; he died from a perfect storm of betrayal, love, shame, and zero emotional support. Triple heartbreak: partner, best friend, and trust in the world.

Your breakup after 10 years is a mini‑death too. It absolutely makes sense that life feels pointless right now. But notice something important: you’re venting, not ghosting life. That means a part of you still wants to live, heal, and eventually fall in love again, even if you don’t believe it yet.

You’re not lovebombing anyone here, you’re just being raw and real. That’s strength. Talk online, write, shout into a pillow, hit the gym, therapy, whatever… just don’t isolate. Isolation after heartbreak is the biggest red flag.

You mattered to him enough that you still carry his story. And you matter enough that you’re still here, typing this. Stay. The meaning comes back slowly, like a shy cat… but it does come back.

[FunkyMonkee]

I know of several suicides but only one that got as far as attempting it over a girl!
My brother was falsely arrested for child molestation and it fucked up his life so, he jumped off a bridge.
One of his best friends was a school bus driver and, one day, he was riding his motorcycle, crashed and broke both of his legs. It took him a long time to completely heal up. He went back to driving and then go back on the bike and broke both his legs again!! This time, he couldn't take it again so, he hung himself in the garage.
Another of my brothers friends went to a local bar with him and two other friends one night. They got to the bar (about 6 blocks from our house) and the driver said something, pulled out a gun and shot himself in the head while the other 3 sat there stunned and watched him!!
We played a gig in Youngstown one night, about a 90:00 drive from here, and we took some kid with us who was a huge fan but, it was the first time he'd ever seen us play a gig because he'd just turned 18 a short while before. When we got back home later that night, he was thrilled and quite happy and, the next thing I knew was that he killed himself a day or so later!!
Jon Godman, son of Dickie Goodman ("Mr. Jaws", "Flying Saucer", "Hey, E. T.", etc.), asked me to help him write a book about his dad's life because I have the biggest collection of Dickie's records in the world. About 7 years before this, Dickie lost a shitload of money gambling on the horses, got really depressed and decided to see what a gun tastes like.
Back in `93, my future ex-fiance's step-brother came over from India and was living with us. He came here to go to college and was about 20 years old. The whole time he was here, he kept going on about this girl in India that he was madly in love with who looked like Demi Moore and he wanted to marry this girl. He spent most of his time at home (our place) talking to her on his cell phone trying to convince her to marry him instead of this other guy she was planning to marry. She was adamant that she was marrying this other guy so, the step-brother rented a car and kept telling us that he was making several weekly trips into the next state over for business meeting for a new job he either just got or was expecting to get. A few weeks later, he told us that he'd really been scouting spots on the turnpike in the next state where he could kill himself by having a car accident!! Once we found out, we had him committed to the Ha-Ha Hotel a few blocks away!! He stayed at the laughing academy for several weeks and finally got over his obsession with this girl and no longer had bubbles in the think tank, as far as we could tell. I never saw or heard from him again, after that so, I have no idea what happened to him.

[RichardCranium6201]

I'm sorry. I don't know what to say. I do know nothing I say will change anything... but I'm still sorry u had to be around this.

[TonyMetal___86]

Hey mr richard, i'm sorry to hear about what happened to this guy but no matter what happens, he shouldn't kill himself because he has ended his life for nothing, he could of simply walked away and to find someone who truly likes him and be faithful to him, i believe that he was already suicidal but missing the trigger, when the trigger became available he did it 🤷🏻‍♂️

May he r. i. p

His girl and his best friend will rot in hell!

Now about you, i understand how you're feeling, we all have negative things happening in our lives but don't let them get you, just look at the positive things that you still have, even if there were simple and little, try to focus on them so that you can feel happy and always keep in my mind that life is moving on, which means that tomorrow might carry for you wonderful things in life, just have some faith and hope 🙂

[indissoluble]

When I was in school a girl I knew broke up with her boyfriend and he shot himself in the head over it. I didn't know him only her. It obviously messed her up though.

[sage2021]

He was betrayed by the two closest people in his life and that kind of hurt runs so deep it's sometimes too hard to live through.

[Nikki1989]

Suicide, yes, several people. None ever from a break-up. That seems kind of weak.

[MrChinaski]

Thank you for sharing.