Today is my BFF and her husband’s ten year anniversary (of their wedding; they’ve been together since 2005). I am babysitting their child, and the talk of wedding anniversaries led to that age old question of “how come you didn’t marry anyone?”
It is actually really not a judgemental question when it comes from a six year old. It was zero offensive, basically, just all curiosity.
(And after I finished choking on my hamburger, I essentially said I liked my life where I didn’t have to worry about anybody but me, and yes, people don’t have to be married to have a baby - that came up too, it’s a wonder I managed to finish my dinner without dying - I didn’t want to worry about waking up with a baby in the night, or changing poopy diapers, or playing with a lonely baby when I just want to take a bath by myself. All in all, I think I managed to convey that neither married or unmarried is better or worse, that people want different things and these are not bad or good choices, just choices.)