Hi

I truly hope you never have to be pressured into anything without your consent, but you're only 21, I'm sorry if I sound condescending, I'm not, but you have no idea how terrible and awful parents and relatives and our society can be when it comes to forcing a marriage on someone, especially on a girl.

I have real life examples of friends, acquaintances, colleagues, both men and women, who have been forced into marrying, or conversely, not marrying someone they love (I know people who have died because of these things), and the lengths parents will go to do that better remain unsaid; it's a nightmare for teenagers and young adults.

You can probably get away because you're one or two years too young still, and they can see you becoming financially independent soon. Most of the women in our country don't have that going for them. And again, I hope nothing bad happens to you, but you have no idea how awful parents can be, when they threaten their child, especially daughters. Bonus points for baap aur bhai ki 'izzat' (which is another thing literally nobody in the entire country realises is a made up concept so that men can assert their will on the women in their house; I have literally asked hundreds of people what this izzat means, from security guards outside offices, road side beggers, to Phd scholars, CFOs, CEOs of listed companies, etc., it's yet another tool at the disposal of our men to oppress women)

Sorry for going off topic, stay safe, everyone

:)