Girls and maternal instinct

[Curvaceous Kate]

Do all girls expect to have kids before they are thirty or what?

I made a seemingly innocent remark to a relative about my niece of about 30 - something like 'it would be great for her to marry and have kids.'

Well it was as if I had stepped on a landline - was told to mind my own business and that some people make conscious decisions not to have kids etc

So I dig further and say surely her life will not be complete or fulfilled without kids - anyway that landed me further in the Dudu...

So what is the story out there or is it too sensitive a subject for here as well ?

My best from school got married in her 30's and made a conscious decision with her husband that they did not want children. They are now financially secure and have amazing holidays together a few times a year. They are very happy and have no regrets at all and other family members have had children, so they get to enjoy the children when they want to and then hand them back.

It is true that not everyone wants children and it is pointless and disrespectful to question that like they might be being dishonest. It does and can happen that people don't want children.

[nonpareil]

And not every woman is naturally maternal or so I 've heard rumoured.

[nonpareil]

They also say that men who have had children of their own are more appreciative of children in general or paternal or whatever than single/childless males.