Guys , your saying someone can't be sad because someone has it worse? That's like someone can't be happy because someone has it better. That makes no sense. Just because these poor soldiers are in different context doesn't mean the teens don't get to still be feeling something. Saying soldiers only go through deaths. Sure it may be more frequently but it's just that a teen is more likely to lose a family member than a soldier. I feel both of their pain. But really? If you lost one parent while some have post two, would you just stop crying?
I don't think it is ok to assume that just because someone is upset about something that they aren't aware that there are plenty of others out there with a lot worse issues. If your mother died and I told you that there are a lot of people out there who lost both of their parents and that you should consider that...would you no longer be sad or would you just think I'm an insensitive a**hole? It isn't our place to judge other people's emotions. No matter how vapid or shallow something may seem to us, it doesn't mean we can discredit someone's feelings and it doesn't help the person who is upset. There are plenty of people in the world that I feel have their priorities in the wrong place, but I don't think it is appropriate to ridicule them.
I like this quote:
"Saying someone can't be sad because someone else may have it worse is just like saying someone can't be happy because someone else might have it better."
"Saying someone can't be sad because someone else may have it worse is just like saying someone can't be happy because someone else might have it better."