A working husband comes home to rest, while a working wife comes home to start her second shift. The problem isn’t women’s independence, it’s men’s dependence.
Even in friendships mind your business. If they don't tell you, they probably don't want you to know, or just not yet.
You are not entitled to knowing what's going on at every point in your friend's life.
a child that follows you from room to room isn’t being clingy or difficult, they are reminding you that YOU are their favourite place. their safe space.