For the record, I think she was testing him to see if he was interested in somebody else, and it's probably not a brilliant idea to validate that
Well, one can still validate something someone's said in the past can't one? I mean, what do you have to lose at this point? Well, unless you don't WANT to try reaching for or building any type of connection anymore ... then I guess that's a different story.
I cannot complain for not receiving from others, that which I've never asked them for.