Do you still see the people we went to school with?
I did for a while, I suppose, until I left university, but after that not really.
Yeah, I've lost touch with most people as well, but I still see Pat occasionally.
Oh, yes, how's she getting on?
Okay. I suppose but she's had a rough time in the last few years. She got divorced.
What, from Peter?
Oh, of course. You knew him, didn't you?
They seemed very close. What happened?
Yes, they were. Oh, it was all fine until they decided to have children. I think she basically didn't want them, but he did. Well, she had two girls, one after the other, and that meant she had to give up work.
Didn't she like being at home?
I think she liked working better, but she felt she should be at home with the children.
So what happened?
It all happened very quickly. She rang me one day to say that Peter had left home. He had a new girlfriend. It was strange because he seemed so devoted to his children. They got divorced in a few months and he was married three days later.
Did He take the children?
No, that was the amazing thing. He seemed to have lost interest in all of them.
Does Pat work?