Bets,

Bwaaaah! Rich advice from a Ms. Lonelypants...she doesn't know what she's talking about.

Gee, today's society in America places far too much emphasis on coupling as if that is how they measure "normalcy" or "emotionally healthy" in a person. How whack is that thought process?

Make zero apologies for attending to YOUR own priorities that require your attention. What's wrong with a little withdrawal or retreat from the world if you will? As long as one doesn't veer off into the Cat Lady territory.

Acquiring or having a significant other is not a true measure of a person's value. It is, in my mind, a projection of this lady's innermost feelings about HERSELF. I think it is her own shadow that she's afraid of. Heh?

I would bet that she's lacking love for herself which is probably she's repelling energies from potential suitors.