> Just because you have a limit to how much you're willing to care about somebody doesn't mean that you are feigning the care that you do give.

And the limit is just engaging with someone in a way that they didn't ask you for, and in a manner that doesn't serve them at all?

> Most people have reasonable expectations about how much care they can expect from some random colleague from a past project.

The context here is a person who was just let go. Like, not an old buddy from a previous job.

Maybe it's the New Yorker in me, but if you're not going to serve a purpose, emotionally, financially, physically, etc... mind your own business.