I've recently got back in touch with a few friends from the past. All well and good but one of them told me that a previous boyfriend I'd had that was incredibly horrendous to me (at the time) has faced quite some misfortune in life.
I recall once thinking that I'd happily dance on his grave but life just went on. Following this new information that things aren't going as swimmingly for him actually has made me feel quite sorry for him. I don't and haven't taken pleasure in his misfortune.
Am I odd? Friend thought this would be just the thing I needed to hear but no, not really
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To think schadenfreude is actually quite a detrimental emotion/feeling?
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InTheBox · 03/12/2015 15:07
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