answer:I don’t think of you as a strange @MilkyWay. I remember some of the things you’ve gone through in your life and I am fond of you. I similarly don’t think of many, many other people here as strangers. When we participate in a site like this we share thoughts, emotions, values, sadness and laughter. People write about things that have gone wrong in their lives, and we may offer advice to help them through that. People write about wonderful things in their life and we (remotely) celebrate their successes. So when someone dies or just disappears, we miss them. I think that’s perfectly normal. They’ve become part of our lives. Just because they are not physically in front of us doesn’t mean we are disconnected from them. I know more about some people here than I do about people I work with. I see those people regularly, but I don’t discuss things of an intimate and personal nature with them. To answer your question, I think it’s perfectly normal to cry over strangers – especially when they aren’t really strangers.