It's a good and fair question for which she does not have any non-crazy-sounding answers. Trying to explain the immense societal pressure she grew up under to apologize for everything because emotional stuff is 'women's work', a prejudice of which she's aware and to which she is none the less vulnerable, seems inappropriate at this point and also really depressing.
Holding his hand is nice. She'll focus on that.
"You've done marvelously for yourself. You survived long enough to learn what you need to know and some of what you want to know. That sounds like a good life."
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Date: 2016-02-26 05:56 am (UTC)Holding his hand is nice. She'll focus on that.
"You've done marvelously for yourself. You survived long enough to learn what you need to know and some of what you want to know. That sounds like a good life."