Good Material

by Dolly Alderton

“Did you have any children?” “No,” he says. “And I’m very glad I didn’t.” “Why?” “They’re destroying the planet, they ruin your house. They cost too much money. They’re ungrateful. They’re loud, they’ve got sticky fingers. It’s disgraceful that in this day and age people think they still want to have them, they don’t even question whether it’s a good decision.”