All women need to save up for a lonely old folk's home. They may need the money. Most kids these days have no time for their widowed mothers. They say they're much too busy with their jobs.
Just this week I had an elderly woman who was trying to work because her husband is in hospice. She was stressed and her daughter was too busy to help. I asked her about her daughter and her unwillingness to come to see her. She said, "I'm sure my daughter would be there for me if I really needed her." Total denial.
How sad. I came from a Latino family and that is very rare.