role: user

text: i had another thought about Lisa's response.  it seems like it could be possible that she's avoiding admitting responsibility for legal reasons.


role: assistant

text:
Yes. That’s entirely possible.

In a divorce context, `I’m sad this has hurt you` is a very useful sentence if someone wants to:

- sound humane
- avoid admitting wrongdoing
- avoid adopting your narrative
- avoid creating anything that feels like a concession

So yes, legal/strategic caution could easily be part of it.

I would not treat that as the whole explanation, though. It’s probably doing several jobs at once:

1. emotional softening
2. moral non-accountability
3. strategic non-admission

That’s why the sentence is so thin. It gives sympathy without giving you anything usable on responsibility.

So the refined read is:
- not just avoidance
- avoidance that is also potentially negotiation-safe

That would fit the context very well.


text: it's also adbominable.


text:
Yes.

If that’s what she’s doing, it’s a pretty ugly move:
- she gets to sound caring
- she protects herself from admission
- and you’re left carrying the injury with no accountability attached to it

That’s what makes the line feel so bad. It isn’t just evasive. It’s evasive in a way that preserves her moral self-image while giving you almost nothing.