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Originally Posted by konmai  every time she talks about what she wants to do, & i tell her to go for it, she always says she's just much too shy & depressed. |
Mars & Venus is good on this. Maybe just different styles.
She probably is in complain / venting mode, rather than change mode.
Unless you want to be her therapist I think you are on the right track at the end. Using this experience as a mirror to your own situation is probably what will help the relationship best in the long-term anyway.