[Maximo]

I agree with Pat, be comfortable in your personal decisions. I understand this is a little easier said than done depending on your family's expectations and the people around you. No one ever pestered me in Chicago because there are lots of single people without children. Where I live now is very family-oriented and I have had a couple of neighbors tell me that I have "no reason to exist" because I am unmarried and childless. I am convinced that in both of their cases, they envy my freedom.

I adore my nephews, but I have to admit, I am not too keen about the ill-behaved teenagers in my neighborhood and their parents who behave just as badly.