I am not lonely. Actually I am trying everything to be aloneOnly problem with not following the norm of marriage and children is that you will lose your friends and be lonely by 50. Sucks, but that is how it works. But then again you avoid a nasty divorce.
I did lose friends when I got married as your focus changes - not theirs. But we reconnected and are friends again - and will be forever. But there are not many. You don't want many.