Agirl was crying when her boyfriend left her. she broke a glass bottle, a chair, and shattered an expensive vase. what broke first

The correct answer to the riddle: A girl was crying when her boyfriend left her. She broke a glass bottle, a chair, and shattered an expensive vase. What broke first?, would be: her heart.

Explanation:

This is a riddle called The Crying Girl and it challenges people to choose the correct answer by giving an implied one. Aside from telling us that she was crying from having broken up with her boyfriend, we learn that she breaks several things due to sadness. So we naturally assume that she broke first the chair, then with it the vase and glass bottle. But the real answer is what is implied. When her boyfriend ended things with her, it was her heart that broke first, and then, with that emotion, she went and broke the rest.