Thank you for your comments. I actually wouldn’t have minded having children or marriage, it is the dating culture that I never have had the stomach for even as a middle schooler. Maybe I took the easy way out by immersing myself in activities I enjoy.
I don’t live the fanciest of lives, but I am as busy as the average soccer mom with a very fulfilling life. It doesn’t include my own biological children. (I am seriously considering becoming a Big Sister for Big Brothers/Big Sisters because I recently met a remarkable teenage girl through other volunteer work and would love to continue helping her once the project we are working on is over)
I’m busy enough too, for me. I teach middle school. I take them off their parents’ hands when they are most obnoxious, those years from 11-14. That’s my contribution to society, and I consider it just right for my abilities and capacities (another way of saying that when I get home at night, I really just want peace and quiet. LOL!)