[spoilers] Harry and Ruth

[Silktie]

Possibly she only realised what it would really be like to date someone like Harry once the gossip started. People tend to have an idealistic view of relationships before they are actually in one. So all that time that Ruth spent silently loving Harry she pobably never contemplated what it would be like once they start to date, and the interest the relationship would generate on the Grid. I think, given more time, she would have overcome this.