Being completely honest when I say that this has been my own experience. I can't speak for everyone else, but it may be worth considering in any case.
I know of multiple women who went through the "I'm afraid of hurting my ex" phase while we were teenagers and in many cases those women had a habit of causing more harm than good both to those exes and to the people in their new relationships. As far as the exes go, it gives them the sense of "maybe she still has feelings for me" even though it's usually not the case, which makes it harder for the exes to move on themselves and can result in them basically fitting the "damaged goods" criteria for a good while. As far as the new relationships go, it puts a strain on them because they're sometimes too afraid of getting serious for fear of hurting the exes that they still view as friends. In at least three different cases, I've even known of these types of women doing stuff like continuing to send provocative pictures to these types of exes (I don't know if it has something to do with them thinking it will help as a substitute for no longer actually being in a relationship or what, but it's a really odd trend that I've seen repeated).
None of us can tell you what's going through this girl's mind, but just going by what I've seen personally the relationship may be more trouble than its worth. I prefer to be in a relationship with someone who's concerned about the relationship they're in, not with someone whose attention is divided between their current relationship and an ex.
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