WA> It always amazes me (although I'm not sure why it
 WA> should) how many people insist on giving the "pat"
 WA> "spiritual" platitudes when none are required.
 WA> These only in response to me saying I'm hanging
 WA> in there and dealing with life the best that I can.
 WA> These kinds of comments definitely don't help
 WA> and I've been getting them all day!
 People feel obligated to express sympathy to us, and by using these
 impersonal responses, they both fill their 'obligation' and avoid being
 personal about it.  Their own feelings aren't involved that way.  When
 you are chronicly ill, it can get to the point where you'd rather hear
 them say "I don't care" than hear the false sympathy they give you one
 more time.
                                      T'Kaat
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