Beth

I suppose it could be seen that way. it's hard to argue to mental state of someone in her shoes, especially since she isn't a real person. Which is why it's easy to be so detached from someone youve known for 30 years, since the age of 7. But imagine that she is someone you've known that long. Does it then become something more like a manic phase? Only a real life situation could prove it.

I can understand the state of someone on the verge of death who defies reality—but it’s even more poignant when you think about someone you’ve known for 30 years, ever since childhood. Apparently, he was the only man she was ever with, and the one she married. In some ways, life passed her by; she suppressed many curiosities, experiences, and emotions that she perhaps should have explored before getting married. But you’re right—never judge, because you never know what might happen to you.