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I'm inclined to take her at her word. If she has some really serious shit to deal with (say, family strife causing her to lose financial support for college/daily living) a budding romance would be overwhelming so maybe she pragmatically cut you off. Insensitive and cold yes, but perhaps just socially incompetent.

I can imagine another thread where a young woman who is in the early stages of a relationship and the early stages of her serious education, is suddenly thrown a curveball by her family or work or education and it completely overwhelmes her. The advice to cut off the relationship for the sake of reducing the drama in her life would be reasonable, no? Especially if the romantic relationship was casual in her mind despite your own understanding.

Back off, offer her support if she needs it but prepare yourself for the result that this relationship is over for real. You can check in with her occasionally as a friend would, but don't hang around her balcony like a Romeo. She obviously can't handle the drama and you should move on.

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