Everyone around, has taken up a responsibility, perhaps one they never knew they had. They took on the dating responsibility. It is a series of choices, whether one ignores them or acknowledges them.
You had friends, but now you must take in someone new. More than a friend, you know him/her inside out, physically and mentally. They're in your mind forever, or atleast now.
So here are some decisions you make:
1. Do I spend time with friends even if I'd rather be with him/her, do I forget my friends ever existed? Youve got to balance the 2 or get rid, because there's no avoiding it.
2. Do I make my life so dependent on him/her, or do I create a balanced, un-weighing relationship?
There's definitely more questions to be asked, but I do have a point. You make these decisions, whether you realize it or not. Why this comes up is that, Im running out of people. My friends, with little expirience, find their first date, change everything they ever were, and use me when need be. Im loosing so many friends to this tempting devil of lust and kind creature of love. Many dont even realize it. But when they are left in the dust by their "one true love" theres no one to cry on, because weve all been sick of this for too long.
You look on being single as a weakness. I see it as a power, not blinded by the lust and desire of others.