Originally Posted by
Sueski 
Leukemia is an awful disease. My cousin died at 37. Left two little girls. I'm deeply sorry for the loss of your young friend, Lizatola. Cancer is cruel and never more so than in the case of a child.
And I agree that the lack of empathy can be astounding. When the Twin Towers fell, my husband (sober at the time) said, "oh, j**** c*****, now this is all we're gonna hear about in the news." Seriously? THOUSANDS of people just got killed as the result of an apparent terrorist attack, we have no idea if even more locations are targeted, and you are worried about - what? missing the sportscast?!?!?!? But then this same man was sobbing at my cousin's funeral because he felt so awful for her children. I don't understand the inconsistency.
Hmm, I can relate to this. I was back east visiting my mom in VA, my son was 2. My AH was back on the west coast at home and while I was trying to discuss the Twin Towers issue, he was ranting and raving about how the cable company was screwing him and how the internet connection was awful. When I pointed out the fact that our country was in mourning, he had a similar attitude. He could only focus on his problem and had no interest in paying attention to the 911 tragedy. What I find funny is that he is addicted to watching Foxnews. And, he hyperfocuses on the economy and the government and taxes, etc. I've never seen my AH sob, I think his eyes welled with tears when our son was born but that's about the extent of the emotion when it comes to crying for him, LOL.