<p>wow </p>
<p>[Fatal</a> foreclosure - BostonHerald.com](<a href=“http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/general/view/2008_07_24_Fatal_foreclosure:_Wife’s_suicide_blamed_on_family_money_woes]Fatal”>http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/general/view/2008_07_24_Fatal_foreclosure:_Wife’s_suicide_blamed_on_family_money_woes)</p>
<p>that’s pretty sad.</p>
<p>The economic difficulties are hitting some people really hard right now. It’s not hard to see how someone who maybe already had suicidal tendencies would have gone over the edge when she came to believe that she could no longer take care of herself and her family.</p>
<p>I must ask, as it seems relevant.</p>
<p>Why do they say “blah blah shot himself/herself to death” that seems to imply multiple shots in my minds eye, and also why when someone hangs themselves do they say “hanged himself/herself to death” instead of “hung” none of my english teachers gave me satisfactory answers to these questions.</p>
<p>^I know it sounds awkward that way, but it’s a way of specifying. When someone “shoots herself to death,” that specifies that when she shot herself, she died. People can shoot themselves and live through it, and it’s actually quite common.</p>
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<p>Well… this way people know the difference between when you say “he was well-hung” and “he was well-hanged.”</p>
<p>And people were unprepared for the potential consequences of seeking credit beyond their ability to pay.</p>
<p>I feel bad for this family, but it comes down to simple responsibility. People need to wake up and realize they cant live in huge houses with huge cars. Its not the governments job to regulate this stuff, and I commend the banks for preying in these people as maybe this will finally wake up the American population.</p>
<p>I read this in the newspaper today, my dad even read it. Can anyone clarify whether life insurance seriously pays for this? A suicide?</p>
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<p>I effin hope not, as it would mean premiums are higher than they should be for the rest of us.</p>
<p>Absolutely not, life insurance wouldn’t even pay for death caused by act of God.</p>
<p>A normal person would not kill himself after a foreclosure. It may have been a contributing factor, but not the only reason. It would be like someone killing himself after failing a course. It could happen, but would a normal, happy student do that?</p>
<p>I can understand how this could happen. Obviously it’s not something a normal person would do (though likening foreclosure to failing a course is a bit extreme), but when dealing with people who are already clinically depressed and have entertained suicide and other destructive thoughts it cannot come as a surprise if having their home foreclosed caused them to commit suicide. It’s a really tragic story.</p>
<p>We’ve had term life insurance for over fifteen years and our insurer pays for suicide if you’ve had the policy for at least 24 months.</p>
<p>To be or not to be–that is the question
Whether to tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of the credit crunch
Or to take arms against a sea of write-downs and foreclosures</p>
<p>^^ LOL</p>
<p>“why when someone hangs themselves do they say “hanged himself/herself to death” instead of “hung” none of my english teachers gave me satisfactory answers to these questions”</p>
<p>Hanged is used exclusively for the method of suicide/execution. Hung is used for everyday objects. I.e. “They hanged the man on a tree branch” and “He hung his coat on the back of a chair”</p>
<p>i got a language infraction for this post :b</p>
<p>Haha wouldn’t it be sad if the life insurance didn’t cover her death?</p>
<p>Suicide isn’t covered in life insurance.</p>
<p>“A normal person would not kill himself after a foreclosure. It may have been a contributing factor, but not the only reason. It would be like someone killing himself after failing a course. It could happen, but would a normal, happy student do that?”</p>
<p>half the kids here on cc prolly would</p>