Dear Dáithí: How do I save myself from a Christmas filled with hints about starting a family?

I know my mother will mention it at every opportunity this Christmas and she will have my aunts on my case too - I can feel her looking at me when there are babies in ads on TV

Irish Examiner Agony Uncle, Dáithí Ó Sé, answers your dilemmas - big or small. Picture: Domnick Walsh

Dear Dáithí, 

There are no grandchildren in my family yet and I have no plans to have children any time soon. But my mother is constantly dropping hints about not leaving it too late.