Does "all those years" mean a long time?
Native speaker’s answer
Rebecca
"All those years" is an expression used to mean a long time or many years. In this case, it is simply all the years that have gone by before she made a choice. Ex: I didn't think they would fire me after all those years working there. Ex: You think he would know me better than that after all those years. Ex: Wow! They found her? After all those years?