My responses were all the same except 2. The common one was "Im sorry to hear that." Original, huh?? My husband, when we met, I told him and he had no clue what MS was so a quick overview was given and he was ok with it, he didnt back down. He married me 5 yrs later anyway Now, my bil, he had just lost his girlfriend of 25yrs to cancer, he called me crying saying "Dont die sis, my heart cant take losing you too!!" He mumbled something about Jerry's kids and thats all he knew. He thought I had muscular dystrophy. Bless his heart!