She probably just figures anyone can return from the dead on a soap (and it's not like AW is going to return, much as I wish it would).
I wonder sometimes how she must have felt when Jake was moved away from Paulina for good, romantically, especially as this was around the time she had gained weight due to her pregnancy.
I've been going through old tapes to get rid of - a lot of AW Soapnet episodes, no hidden treasures, sadly - and was reminded once again of how much I connected with Cali Timmins as Paulina. Wonderful as Judi was, if I had been watching AW in those years, consecutively, I think I would have had a really hard time accepting Judi in the part.
(going through them also reminds me of just what a fantastic cast AW had in the late '80s and early '90s)