I want a life partner – but a no-sex relationship

I was taken aback by the realisation of how unseen and unheard of my identity is within people of my culture (Picture: Malvika Padin)

‘You’re almost 30 and have not found anyone to marry or settle down with’.

Standing outside my house, I looked over at my neighbour and frowned after she randomly decided to say this to me.  

At first I was confused – we weren’t talking about marriage, we were arguing about a parking space. 

‘I am glad I was able to get my son engaged’, she continued, clearly assuming it was a ‘gotcha’ moment.

It felt like she looked at me – a woman close to her son’s age, financially, socially and happily independent – and believed I had failed in life because I

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