
“I shall not be married, it appears…I suppose, as Robert does not care for me, I shall never have a husband to love, nor little children to take care of. Till lately I had reckoned securely on the duties & affections of wife & mother to occupy my existence...now, I perceive plainly, I may have been mistaken. Probably I shall be an old maid.”
Alas, the trials of being 18—one romantic disappointment = destined for old maid-hood! #HashtagBrigade














