It looks like it's finally my turn to post a "please help" thread...
About two-three weeks ago, my mom got two strange texts from some random number, wishing her happy valentines day and asking her if she's scared or something when she didn't reply. Then he sent her a picture of his balls. What did my dad do? Laugh it off? Maybe even report to police and move on, right?
No, he's been searching online and everywhere for anything that could lead him to this guy. I don't know what he'd do if he found him, and I think he doesn't either. The main thing bugging him is that he thinks my mom has had an affair, which I'm positive hasn't happened. This is just some random bloke sending stupid texts. There were multiple numbers in the "to" list, so it's obvious my mom wasn't specifically targeted.
Instead of slowly giving up interest, my dad has slowly become consumed by this pursuit. It's all he thinks about. All he does. He doesn't eat much. He hardly sleeps. He doesn't communicate anymore. And he writes down a ton of things. Before, I'd see him writing something in a small journal. I thought he was just writing down "evidence" or something.
Today I found it. I knew I would, somehow, at the bottom of a pile of papers. Naturally, I opened it. I wasn't expecting this. Journal entries. Dated. Since about a week and a half ago. It was like looking back on those events from a different perspective. And with the words "I wished I was dead" repeated after every few sentences.
He details how he thinks my mom doesn't love him anymore. Doesn't pay attention. Doesn't give a shit. It's nothing about the guy sending texts. Just this, constantly, for pages.
Then I got to the last page. It's dated yesterday night. It says he's going to give up pursuing the texter. It says that if something is up, he'll let my mom handle it.
Tomorrow my dad is going on a work trip for three days to the northern area of where I live. The journal says that he doesn't care if he doesn't come back. He's going there for extra long to think or something. It says that we'll find this journal and read it, and think about it and that he's written many over the past 18 years (the same amount of years I've been alive, which is when the depressions started). It's signed with his name.
For the first time in years, I'm scared. I have no clue what to do. I know I have to talk with him tonight. But what do I say? Should I tell him I read it?
About two-three weeks ago, my mom got two strange texts from some random number, wishing her happy valentines day and asking her if she's scared or something when she didn't reply. Then he sent her a picture of his balls. What did my dad do? Laugh it off? Maybe even report to police and move on, right?
No, he's been searching online and everywhere for anything that could lead him to this guy. I don't know what he'd do if he found him, and I think he doesn't either. The main thing bugging him is that he thinks my mom has had an affair, which I'm positive hasn't happened. This is just some random bloke sending stupid texts. There were multiple numbers in the "to" list, so it's obvious my mom wasn't specifically targeted.
Instead of slowly giving up interest, my dad has slowly become consumed by this pursuit. It's all he thinks about. All he does. He doesn't eat much. He hardly sleeps. He doesn't communicate anymore. And he writes down a ton of things. Before, I'd see him writing something in a small journal. I thought he was just writing down "evidence" or something.
Today I found it. I knew I would, somehow, at the bottom of a pile of papers. Naturally, I opened it. I wasn't expecting this. Journal entries. Dated. Since about a week and a half ago. It was like looking back on those events from a different perspective. And with the words "I wished I was dead" repeated after every few sentences.
He details how he thinks my mom doesn't love him anymore. Doesn't pay attention. Doesn't give a shit. It's nothing about the guy sending texts. Just this, constantly, for pages.
Then I got to the last page. It's dated yesterday night. It says he's going to give up pursuing the texter. It says that if something is up, he'll let my mom handle it.
Tomorrow my dad is going on a work trip for three days to the northern area of where I live. The journal says that he doesn't care if he doesn't come back. He's going there for extra long to think or something. It says that we'll find this journal and read it, and think about it and that he's written many over the past 18 years (the same amount of years I've been alive, which is when the depressions started). It's signed with his name.
For the first time in years, I'm scared. I have no clue what to do. I know I have to talk with him tonight. But what do I say? Should I tell him I read it?
