To say it's hard to feel important

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Or valued as a person when you are an older woman (40 plus), never married, single and no kids?

What about wider family, friends? Work?
I feel very close to my family (mum, grandmother, aunt) and I know I am very important to them. And I feel valued at work. Never been married and no kids. I have only been with my partner for a few years and, on reflection, I hazard a guess that I am less valued by him than I am valued by my family and friends.

They only value the couples in the family. I am the odd one out , the inferior one. Always has been like that, probably always will

Why do you need to feel important?

Being very good at your job will fix this.

Valued and loved are probably more suitable words