What empathy means to me is when we are making an attempt to understand another person feeling from their perspective. When you are trying to see and understand how they are feeling from their point of view.
An example that I can use is a current situation that I am having with my son dad, I met him when I was a sophomore in high school and he was a junior. I was the less fortunate child with many home issues and he was a more fortunate person. Had no other siblings but had his own car, well-kept and athlete. We grew up completely different and was afforded different opportunities. We eventually took different routes and well mine went in a more positive direction and he ended up being kicked out of the military and doing a few stints in prison for drugs and other violations. He now loves back home with his mother is a no where job barely making ends meet and just a lot of issues. I on the other hand am the complete opposite. I’m doing well, my own home, cars, family etc. Its hard for me to empathize with him because he was given this opportunity but chose to take the wrong path and do illegal things. I don’t feel sorry for people who screw themselves out of a good opportunity. I would not do anything different than I am doing now, he is an adult and he made those decisions knowing he has responsibility. I a firm believer is not raising an adult.

When meeting someone for the first time in a common friendship I’m looking for someone that has similar interest that I do. When I came into my new troop I met a lot of people but they were mostly single soldiers so we did not click but other that had families I was drawn to because we had something in common. There was two particular females in the troop that were both in relationships but did not have a family and when I first meet them their attitudes were not the best and I did not like the vibe I got from either of