Dex, you and Fats are not addressing loneliness. You can be lonely in a crowd or at peace with the world on your own.
Loneliness is when you look around and all you see is acquaintances. We all want just one or two people to genuinely care what happens to us and who are willing to take steps to help.
Fortunately I have one such lady. We have been married a long time. Divorce is so horrible on so many fronts and the high divorce rates mean that figure might be right.
