Have your parents ever pressured you for grandchildren?

I see people mention it all the time, that their parents really want grandchildren and what not. I haven’t heard anything like that from my parents yet. But I know it is not too uncommon.

I remember the first question I ever asked on Fluther was about if you would be disappointed if your child was gay. And while no one said “yes”, some people mentioned they would disappointed in the likelihood of not having any grandchildren and I remember commenting on the selfishness of that.

My boyfriend hasn’t heard anything like that from his parents either, but he feels bad about “ending the family name” because he’s an only child and he’s gay. His parents had a lot of trouble conceiving and so they were lucky to have him, but I don’t think he should ever feel bad about not having any children of his own.