ABSTRACT

In a certain set of circumstances it might be very appropriate for one to say 'Oh, I know I feel the same a lot of the time, let's plan a holiday'. This might be exactly the right response, a very empathetic response if the certain situations are in place. So if this is just a pretty routine thing that is said every now and then that is thrown into a conversation and if one know that their friend is just a bit tired and fed up with work and that there is nothing particularly unusual about the situation, it is very like something one have shared and talked about before, then their response is empathetic. In the context of a friendship, empathy is probably more likely going to be influenced by knowledge of each other, personalities, history together, the context of what one know is going on and, in some ways, an established way or rapport that have between them.