All I did was offer alternatives. With an emphasis on talking about it rather than playing detective with her friends. It was just as likely that other scenarios would have been true.
I'm remembering this conversation the next time one of those 'I think my boyfriend is cheating so I snooped on his computer' discussions happen.
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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce
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