Sad
So sad her mom was so hard on her. She drove her right into a bad situation. Watching it the second time , a month or so later, on LMN Viewer's choice and it looks like Ruth was not real sure on having sex with Ruby - when it come down to it and because her mom was so unapproachable, she had no one to turn to. The first date sex scene almost seemed date rape-ish.
Having your "delayed" (as Maylene called Ruth) daughter show up late, and water eyed after her first date , called for a conversation no matter how upset Maylene was at Ruth for worrying her. It is not so much that Maylene was always wrong, at times she had a good point - but she always seemed to have a wrong approach. She was so cold and cruel. Very bitter and resentful.