More about kids or no kids

I just got back from the mountain and checked my blog and was surprised to find some comments after the last post! Yay, comments!!

I know plenty of folks, who, like me, choose a path other than that of parenthood. I know plenty of parents, and also a few non-parents who want children dreadfully and for whom parenthood is a difficult place to get to. I don't get too much pressure about my empty womb. I am lucky to have parents who don't try to negotiate this with me so that they can be grandparents. I bet they would love to be grandparents. I am sorry that this is an experience they may miss out on because of choices I have made. But they are my choices to make, and they have not said one word about it.
On that note, they are probably so relieved that I am not institutionalized in some fashion that not having grandchildren is just fine with them. I'm kidding, but not really.
For those of you 6 people reading--do you feel pressured to have children, even though you have chosen otherwise?
People ask me all the time if VBM and I are planning to, and I always say no. Sometimes I'll share that I have never felt compelled to do so, and I'm not interested. It used to be that I'd get told I'd change my mind. But now that I'm reaching middle age, maybe my choices don't seem so naive. Or maybe people figure that an asshole like me should definitely not try parenting.
I don't feel I need an excuse. I don't feel pressured culturally to procreate, or, for that matter, to marry.
I kind of want another puppy, though. VBM is not so inclined.
"But," I whined, "My biological clock is ticking! I want a puppy!"
It didn't work. I thought it was worth a try.