Then she went on the offensive, saying things like:
"Don't think my parents side with you. They want us to split up. They don't believe you're a fit husband for me."
This maybe would have been a place to say, "I can see how they might think that. I'm working on becoming a better person, and if I had the chance to do it over again, there is a lot I would do differently" (But keep in mind, I am NOT the expert on validating, so don't take my word as gospel!)
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I didn't reply much to any of this. I simply nodded and indicated that I understood.
How did you 'indicate' you understand? Someone here (I think it was labug) said to be careful about saying "I understand," because often we cannot understand someone else's perspective.
