Least Helpful

When I tell people about my recent break-up, I usually get really empathetic responses, but I have also gotten some very strange reactions.

The most helpful responses go something like this:
"Oh, honey, I'm so sorry. Are you okay? Do you need a place to stay? Indian food? A book to borrow? Help moving? Hugs from my three adorable children?" ...and generous offers of that sort.

The most indulgently vindictive response I have gotten was this:
"Ooh! I hope you dig up all those perennials you planted!"

And the least helpful response, by far, was this one:
"Oh, Liz, that's good. It was such a terrible neighborhood!"