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[โ€“] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You are correct. It IS sympathy. Sympathy acknowledges the situation. Empathy acknowledges their feelings, more like "I can imagine how this situation makes you feel."

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I'd imagine empathy being that they would emulate the feelings of those like the woman. I fully expected him to get into a panic and start crying.