Dinner with the girls

If baby showers were a Swedish tradition, yesterday evening would have been just that. But as the opposite rules, i.e. giving the mother-to-be baby presents before the baby is born could mean bad luck, we just called it a girls' dinner.

A given dinner conversation was names. Combination of names, associations to names, old and new favourites. This little baby will get the sweetest name filled with family history and love. And then we moved on to mothers-in-law. How much do you expect your mother-in-law to be part of your family and what does that mean in terms of her spending time with the grandchildren? Babysitting Vs socialising with you and your other half? A sensitive topic filled with disappointments and different opinions.

Moving on we sadly concluded that the much talked about glass ceiling is now a reality. Time after time heads have been banged in the ceiling that we all thought was a myth belonging to generations before us. Oh no. It's still there and it still needs to be broken.

All this while we enjoyed chicken à la Thai, chilled white wine and assorted sweets as a Monday night treat.