Then again, I have problems with something as light as "hang in there." To me, I'd only reserve even that level
of support to those I was exceedingly close to.
Do you have the character of an unfeeling automaton? You may but I do not.
No. If I did, such things wouldn't bother me, n'est pas?
That is a decent rejoinder - well done. I should have instead opined that you appear to eschew emotion, at least in all but the most deeply personal sphere.
It's really not deliberate. Nor do I think it even represents a reduction in the emotional empathy.
I can care about what someone is feeling yet still feel this way.
It's more like a cultural habit that is alien and uncomfortable.
Not something I'd bring up, had someone else not done so, and I certainly don't see MY cultural
mores as in any way better.