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I'm 30 years old, I just turned 30 on Monday, but one of the celebrations wasn't great at all, and it was with my parents. They invited me to dinner, my mom cooked. The three of us haven't gotten together in a while. Our relationship has never been good because they're always criticizing me for everything I do. Nothing is good for them; they always want to get into my life or suggest the best decision.

Since last year, they've been more intense than ever, starting with my relationship with my boyfriend and him because we're not married yet (we've been together for two years) and why I should have at least one child by now. They don't seem to understand, no matter how many times I repeat it, that even though I want to get married, I don't want to have children. Reasons? Many, but the point is that I don't want to, and neither does my boyfriend, and I know that, like me, he won't change his mind.

We've had more fights recently. What bothers me most is that now they're just trying to make me feel guilty for taking away their opportunity to be grandparents and that I'm selfish and ungrateful.

My birthday was no different; it ended in a fight, and I'm really thinking of stopping talking to them altogether.