I know, it’s tough now. But it’s temporary. Covid cannot go on forever. Things will go back to normal

Yes my friend is now in a situation where she is isolated but she just retired two months ago after 35 years of a very demanding full time career and she is not normally isolated. She is isolated now because she lives alone and can’t go no where due to corona. As soon as the virus is over she’d go back to our normal social life.

Several of my girlfriends and couple of my colleagues have never been married and aren’t dating, yes I suspect they might get lonely but they live full life otherwise. I myself got married at 50.

You’d be surprised how many people spend their whole life single. Or they become widows/widowers and never date again. Or never had children etc Yes it’s bad during pandemics but when things are normal, they still live their lives.

When corona is finished, maybe you are right you can work part time. Retirement is great but not if you can’t afford it (and most people can’t) if you didn’t save enough. My dad is 82. He has a small part time that gets him out of the house. Your local senior center and community center have activities, you could try to make friends there. You don’t need to be isolated just because you aren’t married.

All of this craziness will come to end soon and you can make some positive changes in your life.