To Imane, pt 86

In Terry Pratchett's Nation, after the female rejected the male, why didn't she do anything to mend their relationship?

I am inclined to say "after the girl rejected the boy", because their ages are relevant, but I will stick to age-neutral terms.

I don't think of the story often, and have at times forgotten that the novel exists. But one scene that I remember is when the main female character is chewing food for an older female who has no teeth.

This question is similar to the question of why, as referenced in Lords and Ladies, a certain male character stopped sending letters to a female character. (These letters are mentioned in Carpe Jugulum, as "a bundle of papers tied with ribbon", and this doesn't count as interesting because it's in parentheses.) Although I believe I have not seen the film The Notebook, and I am given to understand ([1],[2]) that it has objectionable story elements, it has a similar plot point of letters being sent by a male character who eventually stops.

Although I didn't bother to think about what the answer was before I asked the question at the start of this post, I believe it has a specific answer. Some people might not know the answer (like the young people in the frame story) but I won't say more due to the risk, however low, of saying something interesting.