re: living longer...
Posted: 30 Jun 2017, 08:46
"i didn't think this kind of love was even possible..." she says, "i'd not know what to do without him."
well, she found out, for he suddenly died and now she keeps saying her biggest wish is not to wake up in the morning. yet, when she found out she had cancer, she duly had the operation and to her dismay lives unhappily on. he was her whole life, so she has no hobbies but fishing (which she is not able to do unless someone takes her there), no friends, interests, no driver's licence. only travelling, (as long as someone drives her to and from airports.) not even her grandkids can spark any enthusiasm; she actually avoids them for being noisy and demanding - as most toddlers tend to be....
the bitterness is palpable, she's about as warm as dry ice. and to see one transformed from a beautiful, vivacious, lively and funny woman to this caricature of herself is just shocking.
the love of her life? i found him to be an unpleasant little man, all suave manners and generosity on the surface, but a nasty, envious, and creepy bottom layer. while he did dote on her, he also took her down into a deep well of alcoholism where she will live the rest of her miserable life.
so baffling...