I always just knew I would have kids. I never would have thought it was an option not to get married and have kids. I remember my best friend started saying in high school that she never wanted to have kids, and I thought she was just in a phase (although I didn't say that to her). She never did have kids. I couldn't even relate to feeling that way. I just felt like it was part of the circle of life, that I am supposed to reproduce.