Thank you for this, Bruce. I was hoping to get a good essay from you on the topic of lonely versus alone, and you delivered handsomely.

First, Facebook has a dating app????? I no longer Facebook (It can be a verb, right?) so I missed that rollout. Not that I care - about a dating app or Facebook.

Sounds like you and your daughter have a good relationship with necessary boundaries. Such arrangements with children can be challenging.

By the time we reach 60, we should have a well-formed idea of who we are and who we are not, and either accept what we've discovered or work to change it. Sounds like you have that all figured out.

Bruce, I hope you find someone with whom to share a coffee or dinner from time to time. There's surely someone who would appreciate "a nice guy who can occasionally be a pain in the ass."