A friend recently asked me to accompany her to a counseling session in Tokyo ahead of a decision on whether to have some of her eggs frozen. She is 39 and single. She does not have a relationship, nor is she particularly interested in marriage. But like women in many countries, she wants to keep her options open in case she decides in the future that she wants a child.
"I also want to say to my parents that I'm willing to try to give them a grandchild," she said. "I don't want to be accused of being a self-serving, egotistical daughter later on."
