Then when she finally sees him again, the first thing she does is slap him accross the face. I believe the reason everyone dislikes her so much is because she is so real. When a war has been going on for almost thirty years, this is what happens to people. They have to squeeze everything they can from it because the war is squeezing everything from them. They same thing happened in All My Sons.
People end up doing dishonorable things just so they can survive.