"It does sound like her knickers were in a twist."
"Why do you think she said that?"
"What were you thinking while this was going on?"
"I can imagine your face now."
"How did you keep from laughing/scratching her eyes out/crying?"
Venting is just that, she wants to share her feelings so engage them. I still get surprised when I think I did nothing to help and I get complimented for helping her.
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.