my last comment in this thread. I'm really not a bad person, and I'll respect your wishes for me to stay out of it... just stop posting comments that require a reply from me

I had planned on stepping out the first time someone asked me to.
I can't stand to pay you any more attention, but I at least want to know... seriously... how old are you and how close are/were you with your parents ? Are they empathic people ? Did they pay you much attention ?
22. my parents are good people. pot-smoking hippies, even. we're not close, but there are issues behind that... things were said that can never be taken back, on both are parts. but they supported me financially through high school, and I've been living at home since college graduation and they've yet to kick me out. so no complaints from me about them.
I don't think that my issue boils down to a lack of empathy, but morally, my guiding principal has always been to treat others the way I wish to be treated. I would never want anyone to feel sorry for me, so I'll never feel sorry for anyone else. It's not an act of malice, it's an act of respect. I respect people enough to assume that they don't need my pity to get through the day. on a personal level, I don't see death as a big deal, but it took a lot of tragedy and contemplation for me to get to that point; and I would never impose my beliefs on others, especially with something to intimate.
anyways, I'm done with this thread. sorry if my attitudes came across poorly. a lot of my posts were made from work, where I'm never in the best of moods to begin with
