Why Do Women Become Bitter and Angry Little Old Ladies?
Certainly, not all old women become bitter and angry. But let’s get real. You’ve probably met more than a few in your life. I was having a discussion with a fortyish doctor friend who specializes in achieving wellness and he commented that so many of his older female patients are bitter and angry and he couldn’t understand why. He doesn’t understand for three reasons. He’s young, he’s happy and he’s not a woman. You have to live long enough to understand why so many old women are bitter and angry. I explained that a major reason for bitterness and anger is a feeling of being unfulfilled (usually an unhappy marriage). Being old intensifies the pain. While I was working as a pharmacist I knew many old women who were bitter and angry. I recall one woman in particular who lamented that she spent her life with a man she should not have married. “Then why did you marry him?” I asked. She explained that as a 25 year old woman living at home with a domineering mother, she could not wait to get
