She wants to know you can handle it. Keeping the D open is her lifeboat. She's afraid to get on board. She needs to see your confidence in yourself, she wants to see your plan, she's testing you right now. You need to lead.
Be very firm about what the deal is. She wants to see if you are serious.
Finish this sentence: "I have decided that what is best for me is _________________________________________." Think thru it.
M22,H45,W45 S21/18D12 Retain faith that you will prevail in the end, regardless of the difficulties and at the same time confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be.