Tradition.

So many people my age have such cold views on things such as marriage and family. Nowadays career and money seem to be a priority and love has had to take a back seat while everybody cares more about finding a husband that can afford to buy your Jimmy Choos than who actually makes you happy.
In the upper classes I guess marriage has always been more of a convenience but that attitude seems to have spread to the middle and working classes as well (the underclass is not worthy of being included in this) and women in particular seem to value having a successful career as more important than falling in love and having a family at some point. I don't understand it.
Yes, having a career is an amazing thing. I wouldn't be studying for a degree if academia was not important to me, but it is not the be all and end all and it is definitely not a priority. It's not giving into sexism if you genuinely like the idea of growing up and having a wonderful house that you're proud of, and children to look after. It's only sexist if you're forced into it, but feminists have devalued the nuclear family to the point where lots of females are reluctant to admit that if they had children and a husband they'd love to look after them.
I could think of nothing worse than being a successful writer with money to spend on nobody. A writer who comes home to a beautiful but empty house. Somebody who has nobody to holiday with, nobody to retire with, nobody to cook for and nobody's tears to wipe away.
I can't wait for the day when I've done all the travelling and partying that I want to do, and I'm settled in a gorgeous cottage, entertaining friends round the fire with my kids running around us and my partner's arm around me.