zero to hero!

jo and i have been married for 6 and half years; the first two were spent enjoying our new life together, restoring an old house, taking exotic holidays to far-flung locations and 'that sort of thing'. not once did we even talk about children, although i had always known it was a burning ambition for jo. i had had a difficult childhood and was concerned that i may repeat the mistakes made by my own parents, so for that reason i had publicly decided not to have children - then why did you marry a women who wanted children, i hear you scream - because privately i suspected that i really did want children.