Selena Gomez had thought about being a single mom before she got into a relationship with now-boyfriend Benny Blanco.

In an interview for Time magazines TIME 100 issue, the singer, actor and beauty mogul explained how she came to terms with being single and was even ready to adopt a child so she could start a family on her own.

I was alone for five years, and I got really used to it, she explained. A lot of people are afraid of being alone and I probably tortured myself in my head for like two years being alone. Then I kind of accepted it.

The 31-year-old revealed how she came up with [her] plan to adopt at the age of 35 if she hadnt met her match by then.

As it turned out, though, fate had something else in mind.

Last year, Gomezs relationship with Blanco, a music producer, blossomed from friendship to romance, and now the couple are thinking about what their future together will look like.

During a recent stop by The Howard Stern Show, Blanco, born Benjamin Levin, said that he and Gomez talk often about next steps like marriage and kids.