2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: "I feel your pain" Nice thing to say to someone or not? [View all]TheFarS1de
(1,017 posts)Unless it is something I have myself gone through then it is at best insincere . People are too quick to position themselves with the problem and if they haven't experienced it personally they should just state they are hearing your issues without trying to own them themselves . Not an easy thing to do but a professional politician is the last person I would expect to "feel my pain" , especially when the majority are hardly from a working class background . I could go on about the insincerity of stating that someone is "qualified" for an elected position however that is yet another kettle of fish . I cannot fathom losing a child as I now am the proud father of 4 beautiful girls and the idea of me burying them and them not burying me is heartbreaking . In such a situation the best I could offer is my sincere sympathy but to state "I feel your pain" would be disingenuinous at best .