Question about befriending Annette Benings character

I think that he saw though the mask of toughness or hardness that she wore to protect herself. She was very vunerable and angry and it was rooted in her decision to give up the baby despite her young age. It ate away her every single day. I have personally known someone like that and even though she has married and had more children it bothers her and it is like a dark cloud that lingers. If a person has feelings it must be difficult to give away your child that grew inside you for 9 months. The character's mother made that decision for her and that is why the maid tells her that her mother felt that she had ruined her life. Accidents happen and she may have been better off raising the child herself as we see how her life unfolded.

The man befriended her because he was attracted to her despite her flaws or harshness. As you can see he made a significant impact in life. She was beaming and smiling, living with him in the end. He was a very nice man but he was not perfect himself. Relationships are compromise. What she lacked he made up for and vice versa.

You may find yourself seeing her character as not worth your time, but she was a hurt person. She was not evil, but actually full of love. If you judge people like that you are missing out. I don't think that you are being shallow but you could experience a lot more out of life by opening yourself up to not just shiny happy people.

I don't have much tolerance for rejection (or hostility) so I wouldn't have tolerated her hostility, regardless of how physically attracted I was to her.

I would avoid her at all costs. Having exhausted those costs, I would take out a loan to avoid her further. I understand why she is who she is, but that gives her no right to mistreat well-meaning co-workers, her mother and her housekeeper. Sooner or later, we must take responsibility for our actions instead of taking our regrets out on others.