User blog comment:That Engineer/PA about Change of Heart/@comment-4618045-20170726212953

You could also view it under the lens of "Lori wants other people to depend on her" that was established in Driving Miss Hazy. Because she feared Clyde was getting over her, she got afraid that Clyde wouldn't need her anymore. That could have caused her to panic and swoop in so that Clyde would need her again (and that makes her feel validated).