Dear Queenie,
My adult son is attractive, smart and has a good job. He would make some woman a wonderful husband and he would be a wonderful father, but he just isn’t interested in getting married and having children.
Queenie, how do I make him understand what he is missing out on?—Worried mother
Dear Mother,
There was a time when it was taken for granted that the best – the only – way to have a good life was to get married and have a family. However, times – and attitudes – have changed. And the divorce rate has skyrocketed.
Bear in mind that a happy single life is much better for your son than a bad marriage would be, and do not try to push him into something he clearly does not want.
I am not saying that any marriage your son would make would be a bad one, but if he prefers not to take that risk, the decision is his to live with, and from what you say he seems to be content with it.
