Being a bit of a sceptic. I thought "Yeh, right - unattributed quote from unattributed publication". But turns out, it's legit: https://racingnelliebly.com/trailblazers/victorian-spinster-replies-surprised-tit-bits-editors/

It's from Sarah Kennedy from Ashton-on-Ribble, Lancashire writing in - of course - Tit Bits.

I wished we still wrote and talked like that.

She has a point.

Literally why I'm single in my late 40s

This post reminds me of the entertainingly biting (though unfortunately, sometimes misogynistic) vinegar valentines of the Victorian era.

spinster:

A woman who has never been married, especially one past the typical marrying age according to social traditions.