I have no doubt that there probably are a number of immature people who may "claim" that they would not care........... I think it goes with the age.

But do not fool yourself into believing that MANY people would be deeply disturbed.

I have a friend her name is Mary Kay. I worked with her at two different companies and Mary Kay likes to call every now an again and boy can she talk and talk and talk.

The last time she called me - I was busy with life and didn't really talk long with her. A couple weeks later - she "unexpectedly" died. I do not know for certain that she committed suicide. But the age and her health did not match someone who would suddenly die (and I sure would not ask anyone at her funeral).

This was a number of years ago and I think of Mary Kay often. Did I let her down? Was she reaching out to me? Could I have saved her if I was a better friend?

It will always haunt me.

It would also haunt many of your classmates. And probably the nicest people in the world would be those who you would hurt the most. The ones you do not want to hurt.

I guess the a-holes that you deal with at school. I have few fond memories of school and refuse to go to class reunions because of the pain..... but I would not want to hurt the nice people that I recall either. There were a lot of very nice people too.