Is the old school reference being used in the sense that A is a traditional woman and believes in the social norms and the societal norms of being a divorcee was restricting her??!! If so then not at all...she has questioned samaj and their thoughts time and again
and since u refered to her being old school because she could not forget her first love - how does that make her old school?? Its not traditional thinking, its more of her experience and her emotions attached to her first love. There are two parts to her first love:
- Good memories
- Nightmarish ones
The nightmarish ones are responsible for her not wanting to enter into marriage with S and the good ones stopped her from wanting to move forward with him...
She was more unsure about herself since she was broken from within and thought she wasnt woman enough for J...so there we go on your point about her not introspecting...she did and that is the reason she was too scared to take things forward with S...she dint want to let him down...she mayb was scared that if she gives him her all, he would leave her too like J did?!
How is that old school? Thats a pure play of emotions!