I never fully understood why she embedded her whole life in work... To a point I felt like she left me with no place in her life anymore...
But now I realized why....
We can feel alone in a crowd...or be in a relationship and be completely single...or have a family... But only a leaf or a branch on that tree while parts of it keeps growing or withers away.
She's been divorced for over twenty years... Her parents have been gone for even longer...and what's left of her is her siblings who has also branched off to have their own lives and formed their own families. But while her only child is on the other side of this earth... All she had left was work.
Work filled her time... Made her apart of something... Be it a functional team or not... But it filled a void. She had something to distract herself with... So no wonder why she dislikes the thought of retirement... She'll be forced to face her reality... Tho its been real this entire time...
A career woman.... A mom.... A wife... A sister.... A daughter...
A single entity in a multiplex.
Alone. Like an all in one gadget...a one gadget person army base.
At least she had a career... A child... A husband... A family ... A few close friends...
A new generation is suppose to be better than the old... Not envious... Lol
Feelings.... Like uncontrollable water current...
I digress...
In conclusion... Alone vs partnered :
Someone to take care of and someone to take care of you.
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