Right now I'm grateful that I am still single and that I don't need to consider the thoughts of another person before making certain decisions for myself. And deep down I am not ready to give that up.
There are times when I think that might be nice, but I know how lonely my sister has been at times without a partner (although she was also a single mother). I also love being a mother, even with all the hard times. I met my husband at 17, so I've never really been able to experience what being single would be like as an adult and can only imagine it being lonely. Perhaps we both imagine the other side to be harder than we think. You make of life what it deals you after all. I believe you would bring your own experience to a marriage and motherhood.
Is it possible to strike a balance between the two?
I think some people do strike a balance, but it becomes a hectic lifestyle and I don't handle hectic very well. Yet some love it like that and handle it very well.