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I'm from rural Colorado and have known several farmers and ranchers that have died by suicide. Most were quite wealthy and very lonely. The inability to find
by sparrish 3y ago
I'm from rural Colorado and have known several farmers and ranchers that have died by suicide. Most were quite wealthy and very lonely. The inability to find a woman who is willing to be a farming/ranching wife has left them with no companionship and no heirs to their farms. I conjecture that is what brought on the despair.
Where did all the young women of the community go? To college, to get their art degrees and hang out in coffee shops. I don't blame the young women. Farming and ranching is a hard life and their wealthy farming/ranching daddy's can pay for it. But it leaves the one son who stayed on the farm lonely.
A few I know have resorted to mail-order brides from Asia, South America, or eastern Europe. Cross-cultural marriage is difficult but easier than being alone, I suppose.