he's not as empathetic as we thought!

[Guest guest]

> I begin to cry. Which I hate, because I'm not usually the kind

> of person who does that; disaster generally means very little to

> me. But having been a sailor's wife, I am weeping for the

> spouses who saw this happen.

Oh, good. I'm so glad you said that. I've been feeling guilty because I'm

not especially upset about it. I am sad for the families & will pray for

them, and I hope it doesn't set the space program back forever; accidents do

happen after all. But beyond that...

> looks at me and says, " When will this commercial be over? "

Heh heh.

-Sara.

[Guest guest]

> I begin to cry. Which I hate, because I'm not usually the kind of person

who does that; disaster generally means very little to me. But having been

a sailor's wife, I am weeping for the spouses who saw this happen.

I cried too. I cry a lot.

> looks at me and says, " When will this commercial be over? "

Well it's not like regular TV. Boone won't let me watch it at all. He's got

a Playstaion2 football game on but nobody's playing it. Weird thing about

games these days, they can play themselves.

Sissi

[Guest guest]

If he thought it was a commercial, I wouldn't expect him to react although I

would have thought he'd ask you why you were crying. Hmmm, maybe he was

thinking like Putter, 'stupid nt, crying about a commercial'. (assuming

here that does not know you are spectrum). ;-)

Did you tell him what happened after he said this?

Sue

[Guest guest]

speaking of non-empathetic.... this is the phone conversation i had with my

sister around 10:30 today...

HER: hi what's new

ME: well the shuttle blew up

HER: ya, did you know someone on it?

ME:aah, no?

HER:well that's a blessing. do you have a good recipe for spring rolls?

michelle mg

[Guest guest]

> HER:well that's a blessing. do you have a good recipe for spring rolls? <

well do you?

" Something important to remember...we'll always be who we are. " - Mr.

[Guest guest]

> Oh, good. I'm so glad you said that. I've been feeling guilty because I'm

not especially upset about it. I am sad for the families & will pray for them,

and I hope it doesn't set the space program back forever; accidents do happen

after all. But beyond that... <

same here, sara, except for the feeling guilty part...

" Something important to remember...we'll always be who we are. " - Mr.

[Guest guest]

i am sure i do - i am a compulsive cookbook consumer ;o)

i have never made them before though so i couldn't recommend one. i am getting

hungry just thinking about it though!!

michelle mg

[Guest guest]

> same here, sara, except for the feeling guilty part...

Well good, again. I must not be an awful person then.

On Sep. 11 a friend who knows that I don't watch or read the news (it is too

upsetting and I don't understand 90% of it anyway) called to tell me a plane

had hit the WTC. She was VERY upset, almost hyperventilating. I said, " Is

something about to fall on my head? " She said, " No. " I said, " Then I have

other things to worry about right now. I have to make a doctor's appt for

and I have to... " She laughed and said how grateful she was to know

someone like me, because I had calmed her down quite a bit.

You must realize that I did not know what or where the WTC was, nor did I

comprehend what it meant that a plane had hit one. When I found out the

planes were hijacked I assumed they had stopped and let all the people off,

and that the buildings were empty. Seriously.

After what had happened really sunk in I called her back and we said, " Oh my

God " to each other a lot. But she was not hysterical anymore.

-Sara.

[Guest guest]

That was just wrong somehow.

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Re: he's not as empathetic as we thought!

speaking of non-empathetic.... this is the phone conversation i had with my

sister around 10:30 today...

HER: hi what's new

ME: well the shuttle blew up

HER: ya, did you know someone on it?

ME:aah, no?

HER:well that's a blessing. do you have a good recipe for spring rolls?

michelle mg

[Guest guest]

I'm thinking wanted you to turn off the commercial because he knew it

was upsetting you and didn't really know why.

sissi

[Guest guest]

So is building and rebuilding his medabots, and i am watching footage of

the shuttle.

I begin to cry. Which I hate, because I'm not usually the kind of person who

does that; disaster generally means very little to me. But having been a

sailor's wife, I am weeping for the spouses who saw this happen.

looks at me and says, " When will this commercial be over? "

LOL, sniff, wipe.

Jacquie

[Guest guest]

> Oh, good. I'm so glad you said that. I've been feeling guilty because

I'm

> not especially upset about it. I am sad for the families & will pray for

> them, and I hope it doesn't set the space program back forever; accidents

do

> happen after all. But beyond that...

No. I called my mom weeping, and said about how I was surprised that my

reaction was so strong about this when I didn't cry over the World Trade

Centre at all, and she said (intuitive and insightful as she is): " WTC was

too big for you. You can't comprehend it. But this was only seven people

and their families... "

I think she's absolutely right. I cannot comprehend large-scale disaster.

It just goes in as information, not human reality. It's just too much for

me to comprehend and think about. I can't imagine anything at all. But

with the shuttle, well, I CAN imagine being a wife (or husband) watching

that thing come down, because I've stood on docks in blizzards waiting for a

ship that was hours late on Lake Superior.

Jacquie