I think your feelings about marriage are fairly common in people your age. Twenty years old is young, these days, for a person to be thinking about settling down. You have 5-10 years or even longer before most of your age-peers will be thinking about getting married.
I've been very happily married for a number of years. I could give you a long list of all the good things marriage has given us ... but I won't. Instead, I'll recommend that you enjoy the freedom of your 20s, complete your education or vocational training, find work that interests you, travel, have fun, meet people. Don't worry about marriage for a while. Maybe your ideas on the subject will remain the same, maybe they'll change. Time will tell. In the meantime, enjoy yourself.
When I was young I swore I'd never get married. My parents fought all the time. Other people who got along well seemed utterly boring to me. Marriage held no charm in my mind. Then I fell in love and my thinking changed. I didn't do anything to change it. It just happened. And I've never regretted it.
I wish you the best of luck.
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