Ep 98: This is 40 - Expectations vs Reality - a podcast by Rey & Dee

Dee turns 40 and interviews same aged Filipino friends based all over the world about what life is like for them. Did reality meet their expectations? 

• Chi, corporate lawyer, talks about the good and bad things about being 40 and childfree by choice.


• Cate, accountant, shares her heartbreaking struggle of trying to have a child.


• Flisha, IT manager, talks about her "geriatric pregnancy" and having a baby at 40.


• Elma, process engineer, confesses about not feeling mature enough and how her career priorities changed as a mother.


• Tyne, former director in fund accounting, talks about paradigm shift in career and peer/personal pressure.


• Jefrey, nomad chef, shares his journey of quitting his job as a vice president in Finance to start a new career as a chef.

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