I have no idea what to say here. Lot of thoughts.
MBC - Good ideas, not your best but a very good attempt.
Its a tough subject and, as was said, one that taken differently by each individual. The reactions are "healthy" I think. The subject of suicide in these types of stories, IMHO, is just for playing with the readers emotions. No more than any other emotion put forth in storytelling. Romeo and Juliet is tragic and in thier deaths- irony. Whether that, or MBC's story is "romantic" is up to the reader and how they view it.