You know what would instantly greatly help online debates like this?

Actual data.

Sure, here's a couple of references to back my assertion.

https://ourworldindata.org/living-alone

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-13049-9

Oh, I agreed with you, I just feel like any blunt accusation of "Wrong" really deserves some data along with it.

I don't know how to solve this problem, either. Covid seems to have only caused all of us to double down on the social isolation that was already introduced by computing/the internet somehow.

As soon as my kid is a little older (he's 2.3 years old and still extremely high-maintenance currently), my partner and I will try to get back to what we used to do and throw more dinner parties/social events.