There's a line in The Virgin Suicides (the book - I don't know if it made it into the film) that goes something like "bound for unhappiness only dimly perceived - bound, in other words, for life" and this story made me think of that. So simple and believable and utterly, utterly tragic. This just made me ache.

I've never read the book or seen the film, but I can appreciate the sentiment wholeheartedly. Life is tragic, but death is tragic as well. I think the idea of comedy is all about point of view.