I know, what is it with the child questions? I get them too. I'm 30 and I don't want to pass on my bad genes. The relatives think I would have this perfect child who would change my mind, and you know, what mother doesn't love her child (blindly mostly), but that's not the point. A rational person who sees oneself and the world clearly cannot help but weep at the thought of bringing another life into this world. Even if they would be intelligent and kind. It's a selfish desire to have a kid to keep you company as you age. It doesn't even work that way anyhow. In the U.S., the kid disappears at age 24 or so and you talk to them on the phone every once in a while. Then you see them again when it's time to put you into a home. Am I a pessimist? Perhaps a touch. I just don't get all excited about the prospect of procreation. For some people it can be done in the right spirit and unselfish in a way, but usually it's done for all the wrong reasons, the worst of which is "because that's what people do at your age." I think if more people lived an examined life, not an accepted script, the world would be a better place. For one, we wouldn't be overpopulated and under-resourced. Okay, enough of my rant. I just feel for all of us who have to be grilled about stages of life crap that is meaningless when you have a mental illness, or more importantly, when you are a conscious human being.