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lil · 4062 days ago · link · · parent · post: Lil's Book of Questions: Does It Get Any Easier, Part 2
I can see that. When both parents are gone, you are an orphan. There's nothing between you and death. I hope your friend is doing better. As for relationships, it's all hard. But it does get easier when you meet someone that you decide you'll stay with. There are always flaws, difficulties, and problems but when you decide someone is a keeper, it gets easier. The author Shalom Auslander said that when his son was born, suicide was off the table. I imagine life gets in some ways easier when you decide that whatever happens, you are not going to off yourself.