That’s the issue - she had no friends. She had no life outside of her boyfriend’s “world”. The murder suicide of her family, left her with nothing. She was already loose and emotionally unstable to begin with.Were those even her friends? They just seemed like the bf's classmates.
Yeah I can understand the difference. The Thing is about lack of communication and how not being open can lead to mistrust. Yes a lot of men would have ended up in the same situation as Childs and MaCreed.