does it make them any bigger of a person, by doing that? If they really wanted to point out someone's fault, can't they do so in a respectful manner?
2007-10-02 09:23:47 · 14 answers · asked by ? 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
You don't ASK for sympathy. You don't go around asking people to pity you.
2007-10-02 09:26:17 · answer #1 · answered by smellyfoot ™ 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I think it depends on what they are asking sympathy for. Sometimes instead of a pity party, a person needs a kick in the pants to see that things aren't so bad, and that maybe, just maybe the problem was their own making in the first place.
2007-10-02 10:14:21 · answer #2 · answered by missbeans 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Usually, because they aren't capable of showing sympathy. If the mode of communication rises above normal chit-chat, people become uncomfortable. That is no excuse to scold, however.
2007-10-02 09:28:19 · answer #3 · answered by CBS Network fan 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, this is also partially due to the Yahoo! Answers format. You can type something in a perfectly matter-of-fact way, but someone else could read it as you scolding and/or being mean. And some people are just jerks. *shrug*
2007-10-02 09:27:44 · answer #4 · answered by gilgamesh 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
nope it make them any bigger.Sometime's we ned to scold inorder to us to learn especially if we ask the same and the same problem ofcourse they show sympathy on us because they want to point out that we need to change in order to overcome such problem of ours...One person i know who scold us is one older than us.
....... but be sure if you want to talk about something go some place only the two of you
2007-10-04 17:23:53 · answer #5 · answered by maverickzzz 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Asking for sympathy is generally frowned upon.
Everyone has problems. People expect you to deal with your own. Few people really want to hear others "whining"...that's what people perceive it to be...whining.
2007-10-02 09:30:13 · answer #6 · answered by S.Noone 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some people are just not taught to show respect and love to others. And then some people just dont care even if they are tought. Also, we all say things we shouldn't sometimes. :)
2007-10-02 09:27:40 · answer #7 · answered by Magnolia 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My mom always taught me to think before I said anything... She always said it is easier for people to give an insult instead of a compliment.... I have always carried that with me and now am teachin my owns kids :)
2007-10-02 09:27:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
excuse me but some people I just have no sympathy for at all, people that are cheating on their partners, people that refuse to get medical help for their animals, people that are too d @amned stupid to know that if you have sex without using protection, there is a chance they might be pregnant.
2007-10-02 09:28:50 · answer #9 · answered by dances with cats 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I never understood that either. My husband does it to me all the time. It gets really old hearing it. I like to think that I empathize with people when they hurt.
2007-10-02 09:26:27 · answer #10 · answered by Slipped Halo 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋