I find caring for a wife and child to be bothersome. Why do other people want families?

Aren’t you glad you know this about yourself? Trust me, growing up in a family where the parents would probably have been better off never getting married and having children is a special kind of torture.

Your only responsibilities to others are (1) making sure you never get married, (2) never partnering with someone who already has children/wants children/wants to get pregnant, and (3) never getting anyone pregnant (if you have the kind of body that can get someone else pregnant).

Disregard all of the fake “concern” from others that you don’t know how to love, are sad and pathetic, and will not have proper care when you’re old. Those are just shaming tactics trying to embarrass you on to team marriage/team babies/team traditional family. There are plenty of people who don’t want that, including myself, and don’t appreciate the cultural coercion.

Follow your own rules, set out on your own adventure, love who and how you want, and enjoy your life. If you want to partner, choose people who want what you want. Do you consider Oprah Winfrey a sad sack, unmarried, childless loser? Enough said, then.

All the best.