Those are some valid reasons to stay child free and everyone should be able to decide on whether or not they want to raise kids. At 39 I too do not have kids and its by choice too. But being in Africa there is pressure from relatives who keep asking me when am getting married. Maybe I might change my mind but the way things are I want to stay this way. By the way, one of your kitties looks like mine, I made a post about him 2 days ago.