Sympathy wouldn't feel so unproductive if people kept those feelings to themselves. A lot of times, I get a lot of unsolicited and unrelatable advice, or people try to make me feel a certain way as if it'll solve my situation or make me feel better. However, by trying to force me to feel differently on someone else's terms, they just make me mad. It's unhelpful and unwanted. So you can offer as many sympathies as you want, just so long as you keep everything else to yourself. I don't care and it truly is a waste of both yours and my own time.
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