An ex of mine was acting out, and I didn’t want to go and see him. He told me he felt suicidal, so I should come visit him and calm him down. I got pissed off because I realized he was trying to emotionally manipulate me, so I told him no and hung up.

He called me the next day and told me that he had to go to the hospital and have a nurse, a complete stranger, calm him down. I told him that if he really wanted to kill himself, he would do it. It’s not like him not killing himself hangs from a thin thread which is our relationship.