I think you missed one of the most challenging elements of being in a relationship with an empath. Being able to understand what others are feeling means that more often than not the empath will take side of the bad guys, or at least lay out their motivations and viewpoint since they do have one, and a lot of people don't want to acknowledge it because they can't see it themselves. For example, if a group of young people are talking about Black Lives Matter, the empath will be the one who presents the cops' viewpoint. If a person is not seeing how both sides in any given dispute have a valid point, they're just someone who says they're an empath, not a real one.