To think neighbour was rude?

[JustAGirlStandingInFrontOfABoy]

Shared car park (flats) and last night my car was broken into.

I was cleaning up the broken glass this morning and he was walking back and forth to his car. The conversation went like this -

Him - has your car been broken into?
Me - yeah it has

He then walked back inside.

Would you not just say I’m sorry to hear that or do you need any help?

I’d have said ‘Sorry to hear that’ or similar, but honestly, if it was a neighbour I didn’t really know I wouldn’t have given it that much thought.

It would have been nice if he'd said "sorry to hear that" or similar, but people can be strange some times.

That’s a bit odd, most people would have said something back, at the bare minimum something like ‘that’s terrible’ or ‘sorry to hear that’. I wouldn’t give it too much thought though.

I think the thief was ruder

I would have expressed sympathy even if I hadn’t done anything. Some people are very odd.

,meant to say “anything else”.

YANBU... I'd have asked if I could help. Bad luck OP. Anything nicked?

I used to get offended by things like this, but then found myself doing strange things, not concentrating/listening, not thinking , after a bereavement - my head was all over the place. also he could have been deaf, socially awkward etc....horrid for you but don't take it personally

He could be deaf? huh?

He’s my neighbour. I know he’s not deaf.

Is he the culprit...

Why do you want him to care when he's a stranger? Some men are just like that. Just be lucky you don't know him.

I don’t want him to care. I just find it rude.

It wouldn’t have crossed my mind to ask if you needed help? What kind of help did you want him to offer?

Very rude, complete lack of manners or social empathy.

No, it's not rude.

Depends on the way you replied... he might have thought you were rude with your 3 word reply, you could have sounded sarcastic or frustrated and he thought he'd just leave you to it. 🤷🏼‍♀️
It wouldn't bother me enough to think about it any more, certainly not to put it on mn, I'd be too stressed about dealing with police / insurance etc.

What's your relationship like usually? Do you chat or say hello?

I find it odd that he didn't say anything else to you but some people lack social awareness and maybe he's one of them?

dealing with police

How’s that stressful. I rang them and reported it in order to get a crime reference number of my insurance company needed it.

Job done.

If I didn’t need the CR number then I’d never have even bothered to report it.