Friendship and romance really need to switch places in terms of how much Western cultures typically value them, because you can live a full life just fine while single but you CANNOT live a full life without friends.
I hate the way I'm perceived and implied upon. Every social interaction leads definitive conclusions on me as an idea. The millions of me in everyone else's mind. The only true "me" is stuck inside 6 inches of skull and no one can ever see it.