Again, many people thrive being single, some for all time, some just when they are young, and far too many after a very bad breakup, but in my experience, most of us us want and need a loving partner to share our lives with after we mature. Certainly there are no guarantees that ANY relationship will succeed, people change, grow older, become less healthy, change jobs, or where we live, illnesses of our partners or kids, loss and death also, sometimes we just cannot go on with our partners. Yet healthy, loving, and happy relationships are wonderful and can often help to overcome the crises that life throws at us. Loving, happy, and fulfilling marriages and long term relationships are difficult to achieve, but most people need and want exactly that!