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By the time her son went out to find his father Odysseus, she had been putting of the wooers for three, almost four years.
Because she didn't know if it was actually him, people came to her all the time with lies about Odysseus
Odysseus had been many years - some say as many as ten, or more - away from Penelope - their son had grown up, but his life had aged him, as well that he went in disguise.
In The Odyssey, going home was Odysseus' ultimate goal. He had been away at war for years, and he desperately missed his wife, Penelope. Odysseus knew Penelope may have believed him to be dead, so he needed to get back to her.