Through children Man attains immortality

I spend too much time thinking about the past On Friday night, a friend asked an interesting question over a few quiet ales (note to self; NEVER drink Carlton AGAIN!!):
"Do you want to have kids?"
The general consesus was "No". Well, upon further thought, "No, with a but ..."
The bringing of children into the world requires:
a) Responsibility.
b) Someone to have mad passionate rumpy-pumpy with.
Neither of these exist in any great quantity at the moment.
Occassionally, I wonder what would have happened all those years ago if we hadn't made the right decision. It remains a topic of conversation every now and again. For some reason, she never thought Dante was a good name for a son ...
Oh well, time to start studying for ANOTHER stupid Microsoft exam on Friday (it is almost 1pm after all).