I find it very hard to empathize with much of whats said on this forum, and so I dont like posting here in case I seem callous. Nothing big has ever really gone wrong in my life, so I've got no points of reference. I just wanted to say that if you want my sympathy, you've got it, but personally I'd rather have people who empathize with me rather than people sympathising for me.

Hmm, that could be construed as a rather selfish thought. Damn. Anyway, This post is mainly just to say that I dont want anything I might say on this forum taken the wrong way.

Also in general, do you think people want Sympathy for their situations, or is everyone like me and prefers Empathy?

Keep yer sympathy and empathy. Cold hard cash works for me. Mail checks to Jonman @ Jonman Towers, Seattle.

by "this forum" do you mean just the issues portion, or the entire forum?

i personally don't want sympathy for anything that i say. in the case of each one of my topics that was moved into this section, i was just trying to think of interesting topics that i thought ppl here might have interesting opinions on. i don't come here looking for anyone to feel sorry for me, and honestly don't think there is any aspect of my life where they really should, anyway.

i appreciate both sympathy and empathy. i dont have anything against it, and if you find it hard to relate, that is ok. we will still accept you.

Just the Issues forum. In the past, I could hide callousness behind spam, but now spam is mainly limited to one bored, so my true feelings and thoughts should, theoretically, show through.

good i thought you meant oyu were living! i was about to cry twhen i thought that, but now i am happy again.

I hope I'm living. I'm certainly not leaving, but If I find that I'm not living either, the net effect could be the same.