answer: #Person1# and Alice think #Person1#'s grandmother and Alice's father are stubbornly independent.
documents: #Person1#: Alice, your father is amazing. He's 90 years old and he lives alone in that big house. 
  #Person2#: I know. He doesn't like to ask anyone for help. My dad insists on paying his own bills and taking care of himself! 
  #Person1#: That sounds like my Grandmother. She was always stubbornly independent. 
  #Person2#: It seems that folks like my father and your grandmother are determined to be on their own. 
  #Person1#: They see their independence as a kind of character strength. 
  #Person2#: Sometimes they are too independent.