Couple of things...
1) Keep in mind that I have up to three kitties and they are just a short jaunt across the NJ-NY boarder in the general direction of Highpoint State Park... (I'd give one -or all three- to Face but there's this issue of almost the entire continent between us... ;-)
2)I have a friend that I've known for over ten years - she's also my partner in a once-a-year event that involves tents, sleeping bags, music, sunburn, poison ivy, rain, mud, dust, tens of thousands of radical Christians, and a conglomerated group named (betcha can't guess) No Compromise and the 2015 event is 215 days away and of course we have tickets available ;-) Anyway, over the course of the years she has been engaged twice and neither worked out. Finally she met the right guy, and they got married this past July... So don't give up on the forever relationship and don't settle for cheap crap (I'm sure you have met some of those.) A good forever partner is harder to find than a good kitty.
2a) I was informed by a phone call yesterday that my partner in crime will not be with us for next years event. Seems that by the time next June rolls around she and her new hubby will be caring for a little one. Or two.. (I have already kidded her about making up for lost time.. ;-)
Too bad I don’t know anyone who could be an intercessor for us...still working on the kitty thing, here, trying to get the deposit waived with a doctor’s letter. In the meantime, the kitteh I want is still available and is $20 less than she was two weeks ago. I just have to get there, and maybe I can get her free.
As for the Forever Companion, I gave up on that years ago. Not looking, not sure I could tolerate a guy after living alone for nearly 30 years, but yes, I do get lonely.