If you're anything like me, you were raised with the belief that your adult life doesn't really and truly begin until you're married and have a comfy brood of children surrounding you and your happy spouse.
While it was never explicitly said, there's definitely always been an expectation in my family that your life should follow a basic path — that is, you finish school, start your career, and then settle down to start your own family and live in blissful marital ignorance.
But who's to say that being married and having children is what every person wants? Or if that's even going to make every person happy?