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The original was posted on /r/india by /u/WildCalligrapher8194 on 2025-12-10 07:07:35+00:00.

As you all know, recently, the marriage season has been happening and many of my friends (I’m 26F) have gotten engaged and married as well.

I’ve been getting a lot of subtle-not so subtle comments from relatives and even my parents, asking for an answer to a question I don’t even feel ready for. I’ve always thought I didn’t care about others opinions but I can see myself slowly and inevitably let it get to me. I’m starting to feel self conscious when I’m one of the few women who doesn’t have a fiancé, or a husband or even a boyfriend at an event.

Recently, I talked about this to one of my male friends (he’s married), and he told me that he also got married due to his parents’ demands. I was a bit surprised because I had thought only women mostly faced pressure with regards to marriage.

So guys, do men actually face pressure to get married too? Women, do you know of guys who have married because of pressure, social or otherwise?

(I’m sorry if this sounds ignorant- I don’t have many close male relatives or a brother to compare and maybe I genuinely have been living under a rock)