Part of it is digitalization, for sure. There’s an “app” for everything - grocery shopping, retail shopping, food delivery, banking - so people leave their homes and interact in the world with other people a lot less. But a lot of it is manufactured alienation and social media.
I have a very strong sense of self and that’s what I love most about me. I know exactly what’s for me and what’s not. And I cannot be swayed. God bless
I think ppl increasingly interpret having to adjust to somebody as evidence you’re “not compatible,” but it’s like, duh, of course two adults with fully formed lives are inconvenient to each other sometimes. That doesn’t mean you’re incompatible