People have difficult experiences. You say you "desperately wanted validation." I think that was your first mistake. When one goes through traumatic (or even less serious) situations, it's human nature to want to have other people agree with you that you were wronged. But when we go to others with that need and don't get what we want, is it really fair to argue over how someone responds to your issue, even though I don't see the response you mentioned as being "cruel" in the least. It's so easy to slap on a smiley on one's post here: 
Does that really make me compassionate or is it just the easy way out?
My partner once was talking to his brother because his brother's wife had just suffered a miscarriage. Now my partner is a VERY warm and loving person but he's also very spiritual. He told his brother that the soul of the baby didn't want to incarnate and so it was actually a good thing. The brother was not happy with that answer. I guess I am just tired of people judging responses to their issues. We're all doing the best we can at this moment.
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