LOL, Tromboneliness! Oh, never! She does not THINK she's an old dragon. She THINKS she's a long-suffering saint and martyr who has borne so many crossess (ie, other people) in her life. Including, apparently, me.
You know the many old-styled paintings of the suffering saints on their knees, graciously bearing it all, with their eyes cast patiently to Heaven--in her mind (if nowhere else) that's her.