Oh, I know that feeling ... I was never dating or intimate with someone, what beer-buddy pals I had as a substitute for friends all scattered like (sorry about the analogy), cockroaches when you switch the light on in the kithen, but I thought well - what have I got to lose?
But yes, I know what you mean about the sense of isolation, further compounded by Covid lockdown and, I'm just hoping things improve for all of us.
I intend to write a proper response to the article's entirety, as it captures a certain something?