In my mind, you are doing yourself a HUGE DISSERVICE when you dismiss intimacy. When you say "Never love anyone or be loved", you realize how miserable that is right? I mean sorry if I come off as insensitive, only trying to help you out my friend. In my opinion, a human being needs to feel love to survive. Whether it be from his family, a partner, or himself. The latter being not so good. Don't you wish to have someone to share your thoughts with? To connect with and let in? I think this desire drives a lot of us. I know that I do not want to be alone in this world my whole life, that brings a *******ed tear to my eye just typing it. Love does not equal sex, in my opinion. Marriage is simply an agreement between you, your partner, faith (if this applies), and government. It has nothing to do with love.

Friends can help each other. A true friend is someone who lets you have total freedom to be yourself - and especially to feel. Or, not feel. Whatever you happen to be feeling at the moment is fine with them. That's what real love amounts to - letting a person be what he really is. Jim Morrison