Dear Anita and Helcat –

Thank you for your kind wishes! I would like to learn how to be “okay without a partner.” I have dated on and off for the last six years after marriage, and I think being with someone was all I knew. I would like to teach myself how to be okay without needing to be attached to someone. A friend suggested that I could grow into it. I usually bail after a while. I don’t have isolation in mind -just healthy relationships that aren’t necessarily romantic. Does this make sense?