Woman Kills Herself Because She Was Approaching Thirty And Was Childless And Unmarried

There is certainly a lot of pressure of ladies to conform to the expectations society places on them- see Gifty Anti: but this British lady took it to the extreme when she took her life.

Her reason, having gotten to the ripe old age of 30, without being married or having had kids, according to the Telegraph.

Rachel Gowe, 29, drank poison at her home in Haslingden, Lancashire. An inquest into her death heard she felt troubled she was approaching thirty and had been unable to get married or have kids. She was worried other members of her family were doing better than her and that her boyfriend would leave her.

Her boyfriend, 30 year old Anton Tsvarev, received a text from her, wishing him ‘all the best for the future’, before drinking the poison that killed her. He rushed over to find her, but was unable to revive her despite fervent attempts.

Tragic story there, encapsulating sometimes the enormous pressure we put on ladies, even if it’s not consciously. Thirty is certainly not an age where one should feel out of options, and Rachel might have acted rashly but the bottom line is the pressure is there- especially when you consider men have little of the same pressure even if they have not been able to accomplish these things at even later stages of their lives.