[Kate*]

I don't want to become Facebook friends with someone I don't know, but I'm following because I know someone who's life became everything you're terrified of before it took him. I need to see someone else survive what he couldn't. Plus, despite what's been said about me, I have a heart and I already care.

I wish so much that I could do what you have done, I would NOT suggest doing it the way you just did. If you want to be seen as "the bigger person" there are better ways to go about it and the one you chose makes you look like the type of person they're accusing you of being.

I won't even almost pretend to understand what this is like for you, or decide what's "better or worse", but I think she's absolutely right. It isn't fair to deny the rest of your class something they deserve because it makes you uncomfortable. You can't expect the world to tiptoe around or cater to your sensitivities all the time. When someone is sensitive to something, no matter what it is, it's up to that person to manage their response and figure out how they want to handle exposures to it. I get it, I just don't agree with you.