LPT: If an estranged friend starts casually reaching out periodically, listen a bit more closely, ask and keep the conversation going. It could mean something more.

My brother in law called me one day out of the blue. He and I were once very close friends. The call was unusually chipper he had recently returned from a tour in Afghanistan. He asked how I was doing, and we talked about my daughter she just turned one on July 25, we talked about his sister(my wife) and how they had missed each other. He had just got a house and was excited about it. We made plans to hang out that weekend. He told me that I had always been one of his best friends and that he was happy to have me as a brother. Told me to be sure to keep an eye on his sister and niece. We chatted about stupid stuff we had done when we were younger. As we were about to hang up the phone I got an weird uneasy feeling but I ignored it. The next morning I got a call that he took a bottle of sleeping pills and tied an extension cord around his neck. I will never ignore that feeling again and I will always talk with anyone that feels they have no place to turn. I never want anyone to experience the horrors that our family's endured.

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