I went back and looked and the posts regarding that and I just see a comment about 20 years of blah blah blah.....
So, in your mind 20 years means more than 18 years, which we will be celebrating in 2 weeks, in differentiating between familial and romantic? A bit judgemental on your part, isn't it?
I'm a lucky gal, after 18 years I still have all the romantic, along with the familial. And the parental and the financial including the good times and bad, and all the other things that encompass a nuclear family.
My family life has no effect on yours and visa versa and until such time as it does it's no one else's business.
You responded to my post; not the other way round. If you don't want your "business" discussed, what are you on a discussion forum for...to dispense your pearls and have us all marvel at your insight?
Are you actually defending women who voluntarily become single mothers?