I'm much more cynical than you. People, both men and women, have let me down. I brought a house for a woman I didn't love (cue Rod Stewart*), tried to be a friend to someone who was just too weird and had unfixable problems. You're better off on your own.

*Stewart, when asked if he'd ever marry again, said, "if I ever think about getting married again, I'll just buy someone I don't like a house."