She originally believed he was simply using her, but later suspects he was pitying her.
en.wikipedia.org The characters spout familiar platitudes to each other: live your dream, get a life and move on, stop pitying yourself and learn to love thyself...
movies.ndtv.com Other unhelpful responses included inadequate or overly forceful restraint by the parent; shaming, threatening, yelling, slapping, lying; or, alternately, pitying, placating, bribing, and helpless parent behaviors.
en.wikipedia.org He often tries to organize the male students in class, though his cunning often fails and the girls wind up pitying him instead.
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