Does age matter? While in many parts of the world one would answer this question positively, here in Sudan someone's age is not something that's considered really important. And I have noticed that many people therefore don't seem to be that accurate when it comes to age calculation or estimations. One of our friends, who herself is in her late thirties, claimed that her mother was approximately forty five. And one of the drivers changes his age every other day; on Monday he is proud to be 32 while on Wednesday he says he feels so old because he is already 29! The other day, one of the male staff members told me he is getting married. I said I was really happy for him and asked about his future wife's name. That question was easy to answer, but when we started to talk about his and her age, he realized that he actually didn't know how old she was exactly. "
Between 18 and 22", he eventually stated. Quite refreshing, these flexible ages! ;)
