try having a d/f kid. so many of the kids she grew up with are d/f too.
ok, listen, can you show empathy instead of turning it to you and your family? I'm not hating on you, or beating you up, but when someone's having a rough week, it's not kind to say "you think THAT...
yea, that is a good point, **DISCLAIMER** I AM NOT TRYING TO DISRESPECT YOU STARSHIP** but yea, i think that lauren is going through some hard times, the least all of us can do is try to offer supp...
haha i have no starship. i do feel bad. i've been d/f. i know what it does to the family.
did you even read dan's comment? he brought up a good point for us all to work on.
i felt her pain right away. just b/c i reacted the way i did SHOWS empathy cause i know the pain a d/f loved one or friend causes. excuse me for being human.
did you guys know that sympathy and empathy are actually 2 different things? Points to whoever can explain the diff without consulting dictionary.com
sympathy is feeling bad for someone for a reason empathy is actually taking on those feelings, and sharing their pain. i know, i had the instruction talk on this a couple of weeks ago.
Dans right....sorry funky...wasn't there an article in the WT on this a while back?
yeah there was one about three years ago - questions from readers im thinking.
There was a part on the service meeting I think maybe 2 or 3 weeks ago about empathy.
Ask Perrin, he had the assignment.
Actually, funky is technically right that they originally meant that. However, the words have been used the wrong way so often that they have flipped meanings, and from a purely functional point of view, they no longer mean what they originally did.