There's far too many deadbeat parents. No one in her little circle of friends had had great parents. Her mom was probably, easily, the best parent of anyone else that she knew. She smirks a little at that. "There should be a license required or something. However, you've got a point. Some really great people have had craptacular parents."

Buffy had struggled with the whole death wish thing for a long time. According to Spike, it's a normal thing for slayers. Her issues with men are probably very related to her father leaving, but also, in no small part, to Angel, her first serious boyfriend. Spike (this most recent time), strangely enough, had been the healthiest relationship she'd probably ever had.

Spike is probably helping to take care of Dawn and looking for her.

She reaches out to put her hand on his forearm. "Family isn't always something you're born with. You get to make your own."