Babies and break-ups

It’s a strange time. I know of lots of people who are having babies—three arrived in the last two weeks, five due in the next few months. And I have lots of friends who have recently broken up—at least five in the last six months. It’s like there’s an emotional equilibrium that the universe has to maintain: we can’t have too many happy people or too many sad people. So it balances out.

Or something.