Whenever the party-girl tag gets attached to my name, it makes me want to snort with derision.

I recognise my old self in a lot of the letters I get from single women who are unrealistic about what they want.

With the Internet, we can communicate instantly across the globe, but the net also makes it possible for us to shrink ever further into our own skins - a state of being that neither suits the human temperament nor provides ground for further growth.

I would go out with people who really didn't like me very much and then wonder why we weren't getting married!

There are many ways to make the most of your time on the planet, and propagation of the species is just one of them. If you're convinced that it's the key to your happiness, there are routes open to you, whether with the help of modern medical science, marrying into a readymade one, or through fostering and adoption.

I hate the thought of my children being glued to a screen. Children only play on computers all day because their parents let them.