idk who needs to hear this today but you don’t have to marry a man if you don’t want to
this is not just about potential lesbians or bi women btw. straight women also do not have to marry a man. you can be with a man without getting married. you can stay single. you can do what my ostensibly straight mom did and form a long-term platonic partnership with a woman. if the idea of being married to a man seems scary or makes you uncomfortable you simply never have to do it!