The good news is people will stop being curious about whether you want or have kids once you hit menopause. I’m old — 60 — and don’t have children. I’m grateful as opposed to regretful, and my life is full, sometimes more full than I’d like. I do have 20+ nieces and nephews, and 2 step kids, and love them all. But I’ve always been relieved to hand them back to their parents when they exhausted me. That freedom has been essential to my work and creative life, and even my health.