Straight couples don't have to be monogamous to be married or married to be monogamous. Monogamy no more defines marriage than the presence of children does. Monogamy isn't compulsory and its absence doesn't invalidate a marriage.
I was looking very much for a career. My second marriage to Stan Herman had ended and I wanted very much to be independent not take alimony from him be on my own do the right thing.
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In a bad marriage friends are the invisible glue. If we have enough friends we may go on for years intending to leave talking about leaving – instead of actually getting up and leaving.
