Milicent was in her late twenties and having the first serious relationship of her life. I’m in my late twenties and cannot step outside my door without someone inquiring about when I’m going to get married and have kids. I deal with these pressures in 2018, but in the 1940s, most women Milicent’s age were already married with several children. Imagine the dizzying intensity of your first relationship, but happening while you were nearly thirty and everyone around you was pressuring you to settle down.
