“At a banking conference in Hong Kong I was seated at dinner next to a brilliant young banker. She was 37 years old and enjoying a very successful career and she taught me many things over dinner about current issues and trends in Asia. Then we started talking about our personal lives. “Do you plan to have a family?” I asked. I didn’t mean to be rude; we Swedes (nowadays) like to talk about these things. And she had no problem with my honest question. She smiled and looked over my shoulder at the sun setting over the bay. She said, “I am thinking about children every day.” Then, she looked me straight in the eye. “It is the idea of a husband I can’t stand.”
~ Hans Rosling.
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