Surprisingly we did not get to many inquiries as to why we didn’t have children even though we waited until we had been married for five years. I think they were to shocked to find out the foreigner was living in India and that my husband wasn’t living in the States fulltime. My sister-in-law, however, has really been getting the pressure for having a baby. They’ve been married for one and a half years, arranged marriage. I think much to my in-laws dismay I keep encouraging my sil to wait and get to know and enjoy her time with her husband before rushing to have a baby. But I totally hear you about the insensitivity of those that keep asking, especially when it is someone who you don’t even know, i.e. shopkeepers, etc. I think more people need to curb their curiosity and respect the privacy of the couple and just let them be. If they want you to know then they’ll tell you. If not, buzz off.