Maybe it's a combination of both. She likes to be independent. As long as she doesn't need help, she won't ask for it. My mother experienced the years after WW II, she was just a child and had to work for her (richer) relatives. Sometimes she's too proud to ask for help. She says she doesn't want to bother my sister and me, we'd have enough to care for.
Experiencing an interesting phenomenon: it's raining in front of my house, but not in my backyard (behind it). That's true!
Experiencing an interesting phenomenon: it's raining in front of my house, but not in my backyard (behind it). That's true!
Difficult...but not impossible
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Andrew
Good thing it's not raining INSIDE your house, lol.