Honestly, it's a kind of writing that I hate, because of how it is completely understandable and realistic, for some reason it just bores me, no matter how many variations I read. I want to read and watch stuff as a form of entertainment, so as soon as realism shows up I just tune it all out, and 90% of the time there is nothing left.
The FMC being a widow quite young, well we don't actually know their ages, got me back interested. Though I reckon that there was no husband, whether because she was lying or because he died before marriage is unknown.