[EvertonDiehard]

Chances are she will remain single into her 60s, then 70s all the way till her time in this world is up.
Even if she did not continue her studies at a university, her having attended a JC already placed her above the men who only had a Sec 4 or lower education.  She didn't have a lot of men to be picky over, considering that if she is in her 50s now, then she belongs to a time when if she threw a brick at a crowd, she was not so likely to hit a graduate unlike today. 

This former classmate graduated from NUS, had a wonderful career and has enough to retire in her 50s.  I guess hindsight is 20/20.  She thought that having a successful career, wealth and power would satisfy her, so she didn't need a man if he didn't tick all the right boxes.  Now she feels the loneliness without a family as she contemplates retirement looming in about a decade.