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Who guarantees your child would take care of you? We have had many childless relatives that lived well into old age and everyone watched out for them and took care of things when needed. And they made their own plans for the inevitable to ease family burdens.
Don't give in to societal or familial pressures to have children. That should be your choice alone and no one else's business. (I am reminded of the comeback to 'so when are you going to start having babies?' The reply?"So when are you gonna get a life and stay out of mine?" )
I had my children(twins) very late in life;while it was a choice to have kids, it wasn't a choice of time, but it turned out to be the right time for us after 13 years or marriage. Trust your own judgement. Kids can't be returned once they get here and the commitment to them, while done with deep love, is intensely all-consuming.
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