My favorite thing are the “friends” who want sordid medical and personal details and repeatedly say “Oh, that sounds so awful/difficult/etc, I only wish there was something I could do to help.” For months. Then they offer, multiple times, to do something that would require a lot of effort/time/energy but would NOT help you at all, so you graciously decline, thank them profusely, and explain why it would be better to save their energy. Then, because it seems like they want to help so bad, you make a very simple request that would actually be useful, and they react weirdly, as if you’re asking them to go on a quest for the holy grail.
You begin to wonder wtf their end game is, because helping you is clearly NOT their goal.