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Tell her to walk with confidence. If you LOOK like you know where you are going and would try to kick someone's a** who got in your way you will no longer be as soft of a target.
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There are no guarantees but this, imo, increases the odds in your favor. There is also no guarantee of any ultimate safety and in attempting to pursue it one can become a prisoner of one's fears. We send our children--and our spouses, for that matter--out into the world each day with the hope they are returned to us in the same condition as when they left. You can make your odds better but there is no such thing as "safe" nor has there ever been.</p>