'This study uses the narratives of six unmarried Dutch women over the age of fifty as a lens through which to critically examine race, ethnicity, class, gender and aging in the context of Amsterdam Zuidoost. Zuidoost (Southeast) is an area of Amsterdam saturated with Dutch immigrants from former colonies, most notably Suriname. Therefore this study critically examines the ways in which the Netherlands’ history of colonialism and slavery come into play in contemporary Zuidoost, in the lives of both autochtonen and allochtonen women. Ultimately no concrete conclusions can be made because of the limiting size of the study, however themes from the stories that women tell in the categories of sexuality and relationships, experiences of race, feelings of belonging in both Zuidoost and Amsterdam, motherhood and menopause are explored through a Dutch post-colonial lens.'