Hi all. So I have a bit of an odd question. I’m a young adult (F) and I have no desire to get married. I never really have, because I just have no reason to. Don’t feel attraction or desire, don’t want to depend financially on someone else, etc. Just don’t have a need to. The thing is, I have to be realistic with myself and my future. I won’t stay with my family forever, and living alone for the rest of my life as a woman— while not that undesirable since I’m very introverted, and while doable— would probably make me feel a bit uncomfortable and unsafe, so I’ve chosen to consider my options and research about them. A solution could be to find a female roommate, but the majority of women I know want to get or are married, so this might be quite difficult, even more so for long-term living together. Although I obviously won’t eliminate this idea, I want to ask about the other: As an alternative, I can get married to a man (in agreement with him) with the idea of basically living like roommates, e.g. each pays for their own stuff and food, bills are split in half, etc. Would also satisfy my family to get married. But the problem is this; obviously most men don’t want a platonic relationship, and I’m definitely not comfortable with performing expected marital duties. So I guess I’m curious to know if such an arrangement is even possible, and I wanted to ask here. If push comes to shove, how likely do you think it is that I’ll find such a person in the first place; do you think it’s an option worth considering at all and investing time in searching for? submitted by /u/one_bored_person
Originally posted by u/one_bored_person on r/AskMen