I am gonna try. [She sighs.] He can be... kinda mean sometimes. Like he just doesn't think before he talks, so he says some mean stuff. But I'm used to that.
[Smiling slightly. There's no self-pity in what she says - it's just a fact. People have always said mean things to her, and she's gotten better at letting it slide.]
So, when he's really upset... don't push him to talk, but just stay there with him?