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why do people lack empathy so much? i told my closest friends my relative is dying from heart failure and they said "oh sorry". im not the type to want to be comforted and im not looking for pity from friends but ??? "oh sorry"??
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Anonymous 1w

That’s a heavy thing. Not everyone knows what to say. Esp when you give mixed signals about what you need. At least they acknowledged it and said something

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Anonymous 1w

Real :/ do you want to talk about it?

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1w

no im okay i just cant believe people sometimes

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 1w

no no im 100% aware of that because i also am horrible in situations like this, but the friends that i told are always so supportive with everything but now all of a sudden theyre not

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