Sorry, I've got a one-track mind. Once I start seeing things, they pop up everywhere- ( 'there are no coincidences' - I'm very fond ofFreud).

The book I'm thinking of again, is: 'How Does She Do It?'

Well, it was all over Saturday's 'Daily Telegraph'. The front page revealed that the woman onwhom it was basedspent most of her waking hours asa global fund manager. Tied up as she was in her job, this did not prevent her fromgiving birth, in fairly quick succession, tofour children. (High powered women like you to know they do everything pronto).

The childrenrarely saw their mother (we're beinghonest, now), just the twenty four hours a day nannies. Even Saturday morning wasMummy's 'me' time'.

Laterthe childrenwere dispatchedto boarding school. The mother claimedher job was so important to her well-being she simply couldn't give it up. What I'd like to know is, who forced her to have children, when she madeno time in her life for them? This familycertainly did not need the money, as her husband's job enabled them to live comfortably.

TheTwin Towers tragedy was the wake-up call, whenthe motherwas in New York and one of her daughters becameupset. So, having missed the babyhood and early yearsof the elder three, the mother then retired form her important job.

Now, there aren't many jobs like that in Haverfordwest. Quite a few nurses, teachers, bank workers, part-time shop assistants, farmers' wives, bed and breakfast proprietors, but nothing vaguely 'superwoman' andperhapswe should be thankful.

I do know a few families where, because the husbands werein the forces serving abroad, or in the higher echelons of the civil service, the children were entitledto go to boarding school for free.

Although somedid not like boarding school, most of themachieved good results and went toOxford and Cambridge.

Where are they now?Rarely seen by their parents, they work overseas or in London.Visits home are rare ashens' teeth.

When one friend asked me why her children did not bother with her, I could hardly say they had not forgiven herabout boarding school.(I know this because they told me).

I feel no sympathy for these 'Superwomen', who live the life they've chosen. I can't help feeling for the children, though.