R&B singer and actress Mya explained that her choice to remain solo has baffled some and prompted outsiders to question why.

“It’s not even my focus, and it never has been,” she explained to Melyssa Ford for the Hot and Bothered podcast. She added, “I’m very happy with myself, but that also required me to strip a lot of things that are expected of me on a specific timeline for the society that we grew up in to have. I’m talking about marriage, I’m talking about kids, and if you don’t have it, ‘something’s wrong with you,’ right?”

She is not alone. Success and happiness in adulthood look different for everyone, including some of Hollywood’s top talent. While many A-listers have chosen to balance being a wife and mother with red carpet premieres and blockbuster films, others have

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