Why, because there is some chance that your spouse gets dementia? If the alternative is to be alone for the rest of your life, I'd take that chance.

To that point, from the article:

> The danger of isolation is well established. It tampers with the immune system and may be as detrimental to bodily health as lack of exercise and high blood pressure. One well-known study suggests that loneliness is comparable to smoking 15 cigarettes a day. We also know that loneliness raises the odds of depression and anxiety. Less well known is its effect on cognitive health: loneliness shortens attention span and interferes with judgment and self-control, the very attributes required to deal with a patient’s fixations and delusions.

Are you kidding. I LOVE being alone. Guess what I am doing on Friday night. Can't figure it out? The answer is: whatever I want!

With some wife or girlfriend badgering me to spend time at home -- she decies what I do with my Friday night which friends i can see...No. I loose essential freedoms.

And then you are tied to that person your whole life.

Hardly seems like a winning deal.

It’s a strange thing to assume that an entire, loosely defined type of relationship is bound to end up in tragedy or abuse. Keep an open heart !

I would say it's the opposite of loosely defined. Marriage is one of the most rigid and structured relationship contracts that exists.

Dating people on Tinder are loosely defined relationships ships.