I was not addressing you in particular, bf-- funny that you thought I was.
Quote: If he feels that I did, he seems intelligent and literate enough to let me know.
He did let you (and the rest of us) know-- over and over again. To the point of losing the thread of the convo, which was NOT how to find a substitute for flying, but how to connect with his grief and with his wife.
Chuck keeps telling us that no one knows exactly how he feels. So let's give him that. In fact, no one does know exactly how someone else feels. And to insist that you do FEELS like devaluation, whether that was the intention or not.
Yes he is capable of saying that (and he DID say it), but are YOU and the other helpful people capable of hearing it?