To sympathize WITH sb ABOUT/IN ?

Hello,


replying to a thread of one new member, I was in two minds about the expression in the title above.
The context of my post was that we Junior Members sympathize with other new Junior Members about/in
being new here.

In Oxford's Collocations Dictionary, I only found that "to sympathize" goes with "with", but no further info
was given about the following preposition. Is it that no further preposition can follow and a different expression
should be used ? Maybe "to feel sympathetic about".


Thank you.

 

to sympathize with
to feel sympathy for
a sympathetic friend
feeling sympathetic towards

 

...does that help any?

 

...heaps, thank you