The mistake that straight people made was imposing the monogamous expectation on men. Men were never expected to be monogamous.

Men were never expected to be monogamous.

I don't think people should do things that make them miserable. And if being an in-shape, sober, monogamous heterosexual makes you miserable, don't do it. And if being an in-shape, sober, monogamous heterosexual makes you happy, do it.

Straight people are everywhere!

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.

To be a straight person and discover you're infertile is almost like discovering you're not a straight person.