I hear ya, Laz. We all have to be far more careful these days than ever before.
But at least you avoided marriage! The REALLY scary thing lately is how quickly people are changing within a marriage. You could be married to a good, conservative, level-headed spouse one day, and wake up months later and discover they’ve become a moonbat. The influences on people these days — whether they be other people, mass media, or whatever — can alter a person you thought you knew so quickly.
Hang in there. We’re all in this together! (Channeling Red Green)
Anti-depressants, especially the SSRIs can cause this. My wife became a “New-Woman” who needed to move on from my daughter and I. Until she woke the hell up and got off of the crap. I week later, she was my wife again, and scared to death about what she had nearly done.
I think this usually happens when a new friend shows up. And then you never know when the time bomb is going to go off. As Rodney used to say, my problem is I can't relax.