It's so much easier to count our disadvantages than tot up the mitigating circumstances that generally outweigh the despair.

The point of the feminist movement wasnt simply to set our underwear on fire and muscle into small spaces in the male-dominated workplace, but to create a world where the contribution of both sexes was equally valued and no ones worth was judged on their take-home salary.

For most of us, when our 'dreams' - I use the word with reservations - came true, and marriage and motherhood became a reality, the romcoms, like horoscopes, swiftly lost their allure.

Having lived a full and stimulating life before I had my kids, I've relished every minute I've had to spend with them and felt a degree of confidence in dealing with their trials and tribulations to date.

Joy acts like a trampoline, everything that touches it bouncing right back off it.

I was told that when you hit forty men stop looking at you. It's true, until you slip on a mini-skirt.

The great advantage of being human is that we can employ rational thought and resolve to change our circumstances.