I'll just tell you what I tell everyone else.. My kids have four paws <3
I used to say something similar (when I had them). Or . . . I'd say: "I don't need kids -- I have cats (and parents)."
Do you have a difficult time finding others that feel the same? You don't have to answer.
I'm assUming some of the other singles here can answer this, too . . .
No one really asks me about it. Dad used to (did you meet any nice young men at your office?) but hasn't in a while.
It wasn't really a conscious decision for me. When I was little, I think I assumed I would get married and have kids. Things didn't work out that way, and I'm fine with it, for the most part (esp. the kids part). In my mid-20s, the "biological clock" did tick a little bit. Then my siblings and I went to a July 4th minor league baseball game that was going to include fireworks. There was a man there with his little boy, probably around 5 or 6, sitting behind us. Kid ran up and down the cement bleachers or along the seats for at least several innings, and Dad kept having to chase him and put his butt back in his seat. After we left there that night . . . biological clock was OFF.
I am SO glad my child raising days are over. I can't imagine....
You can keep your kids safe at home... informed... educated... but there is still soooooo much outside influence.
I'm so glad I'm NOT a kid today. The cyber-bullying . . . man, the teasing could be awful back in the "old days" before the electronics. Now? You can't get away from it. But yeah, I've thought that, too -- I'd hate to be a parent in today's world.