Elsie watched her friend struggle from behind her teacup. Els hadn't really known Caroline long before she had gotten married, so wasn't really sure how much she had changed since her nuptials, but perhaps Tyb would know. Not that she planned to ask directly, not if Caroline was to confide something in her that she didn't want shared, but she was curious to know what Caro meant.

"I can relate to feeling lost sometimes, everything is wildly different than advertised half the time." Els had always worked, had her profession to fall back on, loved her job, but not having it at her fingertips all of the time was hard. Losing the sense of purpose in that was hard as was finding a new purpose in being a mother. It wasn't easy and it wasn't always fun or everything it was cracked up to be, but she was navigating it the best she could. Having Tyb be so involved certainly helped. Despite all of his hesitations about what sort of parent he would be, Elsie watched him awe sometimes, how easy to came to him. Something told her this wasn't exactly what Caroline was referring to though.

"You don't have to tell me if you don't want to, but I promise I'll listen without judgement." What else could she do? Caroline clearly needed somebody to talk to and though Elsie didn't know Mr. Darrow very well, she knew their marriage was somewhat different than her own and perhaps that was at the root of it.