Am I worrying to much about becoming an old maid?

I am 26 and still single and I have no children.It seem like most of my friends are getting married or are in relationships and most have children.I thought I would be married by now and at least have 2 children.I'm always the bridesmaid and never the bride.I'm getting older.My clock is ticking.I'm worried that I will have to get artificially inseminated to have children.I am worried about becoming an old maid.I'm 26 and still single.Everyone but me seems to be getting married or in a relationship and have children.I do attract men, but I'm looking for certain qualities. I'm worried about becoming a lonely old lady with a bunch of cats.I'm 26 and still childless and unmarried. Am I being neurotic?

Am I worrying to much about becoming an old maid?
I think you need to relax and learn how to successfully live happily by yourself before you'll make a good partner for anyone. Inability to be alone is not sufficient reason to be married.





As for that clock ticking at age 26: First, you can safely have children for another decade. Secondly, have you spent a lot of time with children? Are you sure you want all that responsibility and expense? If your child were born seriously ill, would you be prepared to take care of that child for the rest of your life? (I know parents in their 70s who are taking care of their very sick adult children: one with a brain tumor, another with a psychological illness that prevents him from living independently.) Are you prepared to do the work of raising a child alone? (Either thru insemination or a partner dying or leaving.)
Reply:My daughter got married young and ended up divorced. No children. She then met a great guy who had a son and a daughter by his first wife whom he was divorced from.





They fell in love and got married at 35. She just had a beautiful little boy a year ago.





I got married at 19 the first time. I was in a horrific marriage for 18 years . We had two children. I got divorced at 36. Met a great guy at 37 and married him at 45. He also had two children..





Your clock is not ticking yet. You still have plenty of time. And you are smart to wait and make sure he is the right one. But perhaps your standards may be a little to high.





Is there something you could re evaluate and change so you might not let the right one go because he doesn't quite fit the criteria you have in mind?





Hang in there .. When you stop looking, that is when HE will find you...
Reply:stop worrying ---- stop looking for certain qualities ---- the person that will find you or you find will probably not have the qualities you think you want --- they will be better than you expect ---- open your mind to possibilities and you never know who you will find --- best wishes
Reply:You have plenty of time when it happens it happens. The more stress about it the longer it will take. When you least expect it , it will happen.
Reply:Yeah, you're being neurotic. Chillax. It'll happen when it'll happen. I have sort of a middle school vers of that problemo. All of my friends have/have had boyfriends. But nor me.
Reply:26???? Shut up, baby.
Reply:you have plenty of time. women are waiting longer and longer to have children now. i had my last child at age 36.

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