My father-in-law said to me the other day...Steve, I've never asked you this before but why didn't you and Linda ever have children. My initial response was 'I don't know. It just never happened'. Over the next couple of days I thought about this a bit more. We were both 29 when we married. We both had careers and both loved the nightlife and holidays. Children weren't ever mentioned during our early married years. Most of our friends didn't have children at that time either. It was not until my first niece was born that the subject was raised. We both liked children but the thought of the disruption having a baby would cause did not appeal to either of us. I think we were enjoying our social life too much. We used to joke about having our nieces after a hetic day of rowdiness. 'It's nice to have them but it's nice also that we can give them back at the end of the day!' (No offence Hannah & Larisa!) My final thought on this is that I once asked you if we should have a babe. You replied rather curtly 'I'd rather have a horse.' 'Bloody hell' I said 'I don't think I can manage one of those!' When I told her father the other day, he laughed and said 'typical Linda!' (She was always mad on horses)