Children

My dear Gabriel,

I wonder if I am a bad woman because I don't want children. I don't want them. I don't want to introduce them into a world of casual sex, materialism, or terrorist governments. I don't want them to have to face parasitic relationships, rampant drug use, taxes, pollution, or Britney Spears. I would feel too much pressure to shield them from all of the madness of modern times.

But they could be a force for change--perhaps. But most likely not. I don't want that. No children.