If "nowhere near as bad" is a compliment, I hate to think what this woman's insults are like. There's a difference between straight-talking and plain insensitivity.

There are times when you need to be blunt and absolutely honest if someone asks your opinion, when withholding a negative response may deprive the asker of necessary information or warning - but this ain't one of 'em. It would not have hurt her to withhold her dire expectations, which in fact turned out to be groundless anyway. What's the point of telling you that? It's only going to inflict pain. At best it's a case of engage-mouth-before-brain.

And if you made this recording specifically FOR this woman, her reply is truly inexcusable.