Is it okay to stop friends asking me to get marriage???????????


I have had three relationships in my life, all before I turned 30. I don't want to marry, but all my friends and relatives say I should, because they are all settled in life. Some of them have children too, but I don't ever see myself as a mother. I don't have a problem with children, but I don't think that is all I was put on this Earth to do. I don't want a husband either, because I like my space and don't think how I live my life is anyone's business. The problem is my parents, who are old and believe I should be married because they think I won't have anyone to look after me when they are gone. How can I convince them to let me be?