Maybe they think you are some sort of experiment. Who knows. But I’m a guy who got married late (30), and our peer group is definately moving on. At this point most of our peers have newborns, and we’re not even ‘in the market’ planning to have kids within the next year (at least i’m not). So, its something about peer groups and keeping up with jones, but there is a definate feeling ‘by age X you should have a steady gf’, by 2+ years engaged 3+ years married, 4-5+ years first kid, etc etc. The social pressure never really ends. At first it was ‘you need to get a gf’. Then it was ‘you need to marry that girl’. Now it’s ‘When are the kids coming’. Just ignore them and do what makes you feel happy.
If you are single at 47, you are in a very small minority. Not wrong, just that people probably don’t know how to deal with you. My gut reaction would say either you are a mass murderer or gay, and that’s a horrid thing to think, but there it is. The second reaction is perhaps you just didn’t find the right person. But at that age, i think most people are thinking, what’s wrong with that guy. There is a huge stigma against singleness at that age.
