Jeff, IMO you didn't have anything to apologize for. Now, if you apologized to her if she misunderstood your meaning then I guess that would be alright.
It is true that us 'big girls' are hyper-sensitive and have a very hard time accepting compliments, accepting that anyone could like just us for who we are and looking beyond the exterior. I understand her pain, but knowing you I understand what you meant. She internalized it and it hurt her. I honestly think that whatever you said would have been the wrong thing because she was looking for an excuse to push you away. Her fear of rejection is controlling her actions.
Yes, I'm reading into this but her reaction sounds very familiar!
T19 M15 S19 XH47 M43 bomb12/4/07 PA5/07 S12/26/07 D final 11/17/08 Back together with no defined R 05/2010 confused....to say the least!!!