I myself have come to a point I have total disregard for romantic/sexual human companionship
I've been settled in my disregard and disinterest for a very long time now, but I understand that there is a deeper need for validation and companionship..being "seen" and "valued" and prioritized, which underlies the longing for a romantic relationship (and/or a sexual one)..and unfortunately even if you're the type to seek out and meet those needs elsewhere or in an atypical manner, the status quo will get in your way as society puts romantic relationships on a pedestal and defines them as a milestone, a right of passage, a status symbol-you name it.
You're considered "less than" for not being part of a pair. Or desirable for one.
Even if you genuinely put stock into connections or meaning outside of romantic relationships, consider anything above them..they'll still find a way to stomp you out and corner you into their mold and model.
If you find more value in platonic or familial relationships with other human beings?
Good luck having the weight of that sentiment returned, because the object of your considerations will consider their romantic partner or potential love interest their #1 priority..end all/be all.
You don't stand a chance.
And if you don't find human companionship or human relationships fulfilling or worthwhile?
You still have to navigate them and be at their mercy while reaching for the type of companionship you
do want, even if it's with yourself.
Even the one companionship and connection I had that was pure and worthwhile..my "soul mate", my furry son.. is currently being commodified by a couple who now "owns" him.
Our bond was severed under duress, and eventually to serve the interests of the human pair.
They are viewed as a "family" while I am not, their pursuit of happiness, including the pursuit of excess that denies me my
only happiness, is afforded far more import.
What I consider to be the most precious living creature to me in all the world, is merely an addition, an accoutrement to the couple's world.
And yet they consider themselves more deserving and better than the one who would endure a great deal of grief and misery just for the opportunity to prioritize my boy.
So they denied his return to me.
They consider the inconvenience experienced by two people to be a more dire consequence than the profound devastation and loss experienced by one person.
Only in a society..and on a planet where their values and sense of themselves is in alignment with the majority, enough to where it is bolstered and justified through a coddled myopia…can they sleep at night.