So what are our options as women? To never engage with a man, whether in a friendly, romantic, sexual or professional context until we are sure we will be committed to them forever? To remain with an unsatisfactory partner forever, regardless of how bad things get, because we are ‘damaged goods’ and no longer worthy of anyone else? No thanks.

Instead, we need to start accepting that women can live their lives without owing anyone, particularly a man, anything. The decisions we make and the people we engage with do not need to affect our future relationships, ambitions or stories. After all, the men that Meghan has interacted with over the course of her life no longer have an impact on her life, nor do they shape her future. She is her own woman, charging forward with her own purpose. And that sounds much nicer, doesn’t it?

To quote Ariana Grande: thank you, next.

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Yes, Meghan Markle dated other men before Prince Harry – get over it