"I came in here figuring I was just going to be a good listener and let you vent, but I can't sit back and let you self-destruct."
She hesitates, then adds slowly, "But I also can't -- help you if you don't want to be helped. It's your life, and it'd be just as wrong for me to make choices for you or force you into something as it would be for me to ignore you needing help. It sounds like you've had plenty of people making decisions for you already. Last thing I want is to be another one."
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"I came in here figuring I was just going to be a good listener and let you vent, but I can't sit back and let you self-destruct."
She hesitates, then adds slowly, "But I also can't -- help you if you don't want to be helped. It's your life, and it'd be just as wrong for me to make choices for you or force you into something as it would be for me to ignore you needing help. It sounds like you've had plenty of people making decisions for you already. Last thing I want is to be another one."