"Her one complaint though was that she didn't have any friends. "
This is a big one. I can see how that happened. Did she ever go to college?
"I never stopped her from anything."
You may not have stopped her, but she had no way to start because you were always together. Of course, it's by choice, but she didn't have the experiences of going out with people her age and doing the same things as those people. To a certain degree she was conscience about what made you happy. If she stopped hanging out with her usual friends after the two of you got together, it might have made her self conscience about your R.
Learning to make friends is something that you grow to do on your own. You did that when you were young and she didn't have a chance.
How was her relationship with her father and her family? The fact that she still prefers an older man, says something.
M-43 W-40 2D - 9 and 5
Emotion, yet peace. Ignorance, yet knowledge. Passion, yet serenity. Chaos, yet harmony. Death, yet a new life.