Totally get it.. There is huge social pressure to act out the script: married with 2 kids, a dog, a house and a white picket fence and if you don't do that, there's implied judgement that you haven't completed your life. The only benefit I have as a married man with 2 kids and a house (no dog or white picket fence) is that I have seen it from both sides and can see the benefits to both. What you say is true though, being single is and should be totally OKAY!