It's difficult "in the moment" to come up with the correct things to say, especially when this is all new behavior. As NTX says, it might have been better to give it some distance and see what you were really feeling and then address it.
She went on the defensive it seems, with her comment. How can you discuss it with her without making it about her? (Because it really isn't)
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