I have been staying in Seattle for 3 months.
“I just thought of you, and you are here in the states!”
A few days ago, I received a call from this lady I know in her 50s and she wants to meet with me out of the blue. In this type of situation, she will most likely ask me to find a partner for her.
As expected, she said she wanted to get married. But I was curious about why she suddenly wanted to get married since she had been living alone for a long time after her husband passed away.
She said it is because of her 80-year-old mother in Korea. Her mother had also lost her husband and raised two daughters alone. She is such a strong and determined woman but now she is old and has difficulty moving. So, her daughter goes to Korea several times a year to take care of her mother.
Her recent visit to Korea made her think more seriously about marriage because of what her 80-year-old mother told her.
“You need a companion. You don’t need to look into the future to figure it out, just look at me. You think you can live alone just fine as long as you have money and health but if not now, you won’t have any opportunities later.”
She said that she could see her mother’s earnest wishes in her eyes and that she couldn’t just let it pass.
“She said it as if she was making her will. I got emotional as I was telling her that I would come back.”
Moreover, her aunts and uncles in their 70s and 80s all said the same thing as her mother, which really made her change her thought about marriage since they looked like her future to her.
“It’s been 10 years since my husband passed away, but I never thought about getting married again”
“Yes, I know that. I have known you for so long but don’t remember you asking me once to find you a partner.”
“My business is going well, and I have the assets and pension my husband left me. I’m busy working and have a lot of people to meet, so I honestly don’t have time to feel lonely.”
“I see a lot of singles in their mid-50s or older. Most of them, if they are financially well-off and healthy, plan to live alone. But when they lose their financial stability or they become old, they look for a companion. But who would want to meet an old and uncapable person? If you don’t plan on living alone for the rest of your life, it’s better to meet when you are capable and healthy.”
“Ok, then I guess I am thinking of getting married at the right time. Now is the golden time just like my mom said.”
Looks like her 80-year-old mother will soon to be freed from worrying about her 50-year-old daughter living alone.
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