SINGLE & 30

SINGLE & 30 IN 1969

NANCY, 80, NEW ZEALAND

When I was 30, I was living in Rotorua, New Zealand, and working as a nurse. I was flatting with a policewoman and a school teacher. We did lots of things together. We went skiing and we went travelling. There were plenty of things you could do. Most of my friends were married, but a few weren’t.

I met up with lots of men – boys and men, I should say – but there was no one I really wanted to settle down with. No one made me think, “Oh, I could live with him for the rest of my life.” I think that’s the type of person I was – I like my own company. Although we went to dances, parties and things, I didn’t meet anyone I thought I could live with.

I have a twin sister, Margaret. She’s single too. We have two house units … side-by-side. I moved here in 1989 and she was already in the