What do you think about this?

I've been cultivating a friendship with a woman who has made it quite clear she's not ready to date yet -- she's recently separated from her husband and not divorced yet. We are becoming friends and I think we're both pretty happy with the friendship's progress, but some of my friends think she should have stepped up and been more supportive when my mom died four weeks ago.

My friends don't know she *has* been supportive but not, apparently, as much as they would have expected.

I've told those naysayers that I think the woman is just sticking by her guns, and that I'm glad she has the confidence to remain true to herself, even in my time of need -- we are only casual friends so far, even if I might like it to go farther, eventually. (She might be up for that too, but hasn't said one way or the other -- I think she doesn't want to over-encourage me.)

I don't want to be this woman's "rebound guy" in any case so I continue to pursue the friendship, if not the romance end of it.

What do you guys think?