After she was widowed at age 78, Margaret told herself that she'd never find someone else who would love her as much as Joe did, so she told her friends that marriage and male companionship were really not important to her at this stage of her life. Margaret was engaging in loss-based

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Margaret is engaging in loss-based selection, which involves adjusting one's goals and expectations in response to a loss, such as the death of a spouse, by deciding that marriage and companionship are no longer important to her.

After She Was Widowed at Age 78, Margaret Told Herself