[inconceivable]

i'm 40 and i live like a rich 16 year old with no adult supervision. peter pan syndrome is always an option.

anyway, here's your real problem. you might want to figure out which older people in your life are poisoning your mind with their bullshit. having a family, or not, can be great and is always your choice. miserable people end up that way because they're living someone else's dream, not their own.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_projection

Psychological projection is a defence mechanism of alterity concerning "inside" content mistaken to be coming from the "outside"

[JohnBooty]

Of the many, many sibling comments: this is by far my favorite.