I like feeling sorry for him

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My great aunt told my mom this when they were talking about an ex-coach who was fired YEARS ago. "Put him out in the rain" she always claims, though there is no evidence of that claim. However, this ex-coach is doing well for himself. He got a new job and led his team to the championship, he has recently retired and is now doing several book tours and several other business deals. This man is not suffering at all. Yet, my great aunt doesn't want to hear it. Instead she "likes feeling sorry for him." She doesn't want to hear about his success. She wants to dwell on the event of managers of his old team "put him our in the rain." It is really bizarre to me that someone would rather pity someone than hear about the good things. She enjoys feeling sorry for people. Do you know people like this? No matter what, they dwell on the bad things just so they can feel sorry for others.