ILLUSTRATION: MH JEEVES
When
you meet in old age there is little chance of procreation happening, at least you hope that’s the case. But there’s a good chance your new partner will have children and grandchildren. Which of course is a delight. Oh yes. All the fun without the tears. Just when they start playing up, you can make an excuse and say you have to get home to have a lie down/take my pills/put the heat on/watch the football.
Miranda has three grandsons and I have four granddaughters. Isn’t that neat? A sudden and unexpected inheritance. They call her Granmanda, which is a bit of a mouthful but even the youngest, Max, who is three, can get his little tongue round it.