FLYING SOLO
Any woman approaching 40 – or who has already passed the milestone – will tell you that being single with no kids can provoke a range of reactions from friends and family members, work colleagues, acquaintances and even random strangers.
From being treated like a curiosity and bombarded with questions about how you feel about your child-free, husband-free life to expressions of unwanted sympathy and even pity from well-meaning people, the single fortysomething is forever being told, ‘Your time will come.’
Yet, the truth is, not all of us will get married and have children, whether out of choice or chance – and is that really such a
