sounds like she's been burnt well before she met you, she expects disappointment, she's pessimistic
not something that's easy to combat. All you can do is gently call her on it and walk away and let her think about it. The last thing you should do is press for a solution on the spot. If you have to being something to her attention which isn't going to cast her in a good light, state it calmly, clearly and concisely, then find yourself a place to hide for enough hours for her to mull it over and hopefully accept it.
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Date: 2007-11-02 03:33 am (UTC)sounds like she's been burnt well before she met you, she expects disappointment, she's pessimistic
not something that's easy to combat. All you can do is gently call her on it and walk away and let her think about it. The last thing you should do is press for a solution on the spot. If you have to being something to her attention which isn't going to cast her in a good light, state it calmly, clearly and concisely, then find yourself a place to hide for enough hours for her to mull it over and hopefully accept it.
go to the extent of writing it perhaps