Sorry this happened in your city

[GMDino]

(10-30-2018, 03:40 PM)Benton Wrote: It's like "I'm sorry for your loss" after a death.

The person may genuinely be saddened for the recipient's loss, but if you're in mourning, it's the go to line for people who don't have or don't know what else to say. So it takes a lot of the meaning off when you hear it a few dozen times from people ranging from those who knew the deceased to those who showed up for the free peppermints.

As an aside:  When my grandmother died in 2000 if someone I knew could handle it said "I'm sorry" I would ask "Why? Did you kill her?"

The moment of shock on their faces was so worth it...and they all got that I was joking and no one was offended. I've done it at other funerals too. They can be too serious.