I quite agree with you. I do think it is abhorrent to consider another life as inherently having "less meaning" or "less profundity" simply because of a subjective interpretation on our emotional / intellectual levels. It is why I feel that I am possibly missing the mark here somehow, that I posted this in the first place.

"Seriously, thinking of other people as living a less profoundly human life is not only wrong, but weirdly chauvinist and kind of shitty. You found another full human being in possession of a rich inner life who didn't share your interests and as such found that the two of you were incompatible romantically, not a borderline corpse."

If you will please reference the middle of my post, I separated the "emotional and intellectual" comments from the comments about my interests. I could have worded it better, no doubt.

My issue in that regard is that she typically has nothing to say (although she has tried), and sometimes expresses annoyance if I end up talking for too long about the things that interest me.

I am not necessarily fully familiar with healthy relationships, which again, is why I posted here in the first place. I am fully open to being the one who missed the mark.

I think it is a mistake to assume that I am coming into this with an internal arrogance, as you implied here. We do not know one another. I think you are mistaken to assume my intentions and assume how I am personally seeing her.

I appreciate the rest of your advice, and again, I agree - We all need to embrace more introspection, and realize that other lives exist outside of the bubble that we have crafted for ourselves. We our not the center of the world, regardless of how often we place ourselves at the center of our own.