best friends dad committed redflag year ago seems im still caught upback story last november rd roommate time and best friends dad committed redflag friend dad odds years especially dropped engineering pursue another degree never spoke often except father mad him spoke father once conversation cold brief needless say majority stress friends life came father mother sweetest woman think ever met became close phone calls together often great times together went visit retired french teacher  teaches piano goes marathon length runsbikesand cross country skiing daily happy healthy amazing woman father also retired job keep people breathing came ambulances sorry remember actual title saw lots people die arms grew cold recluse this always kind strong silent type would spend weeks time woods thats backstory commited redflag rd birthday th mom finally able build strength call th way work received call first person called devastated got home soon could life became blur there went home about  hours away saw mother first time told story finding note calling police helped roommate clean excess supplies dad fixing way go roommate stayed mother never returned house together necessary responsible him gone bad break two month previous loosing best friend well dealing emotional weight put dark place while flash forward year later call ask come birthday weekend express understanding cant come down asks why say well least want home rd why that year anniversary dads death oh ever mom new bf seeing fine know many different ways people cope grief people hide shrug avoid it know best friend inside out hold back other legitimately feel though situation myself think almost daily basis still dream coming home house everything involved there roommate unintelligent guy opposite true honest mathematical logical tend tune emotion maybe why sure sorry long post want know people similar experiences before strange still bugs much maybe talking one spewing inner thoughts onto reddit post