This is such a depressing story, Hooray for sexual liberation! Now I can die lonely and poor. The central point:

I am a feminist, I really am (I’ve never let a man pay for anything), but feel the current generation of women in their 60s, the first to abandon the way of life of their mothers, which meant they pursued careers, married and had children late, had affairs then got divorced, all in the name of liberation, are now imprisoned in debt, alcohol abuse and loneliness, wishing they could die, and do it soon.

Long life only works if you are in the middle of a village-like family atmosphere. Old age has only terrors for those who must do it on their own.

[From FiveFeetofFury]