Dinner with old schoolfriends last night – more than 20 years after O’levels. One actress, one doctor, one art historian/ teacher, one businesswoman, one housewife, one office drone and two editors. Of these, three were unmarried, two were married but childless, one had only one child. Unsurprisingly, there was much bitterness expended at the older women who are so passionately disapproving of all these circumstances. Another was newly married so childlessness was not yet an issue, while the last one was living the dream as a married idle housewife with multiple children.
I have extended my stay in Lahore, thinking that it’s already half way to London should a swift departure be required.