We're used to a bit of a battering here on the precarious edge of the island, grasscarp.
Yes, I suppose marriage can be hard work. Being single can also be hard work, especially in your forties. Children are great, yes. I'm great pals with my friends' daughter, who is my goddaughter. I love to take her shopping, and she brings her pals home from school during the holidays, and at half term, to stay with me. I always tell her that I won't dob her in to her parents for things she does. I do, of course, but her parents don't let on. It's also kind of nice that I'm not actually responsible for her, and she goes home, and I can trogg off to the casino without a care. It's like being a grandparent. I suppose the thing that does sometimes upset me a bit is that my parents won't have grandchildren. I'm not sure if I'd be a good mum, but they would have been really good grandparents.