https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/why-are-so-many-young-britons-single/

Building a relationship is like building a house. It takes time, patience, sacrifice, and an abundance of physical and mental energy. It’s a lot of work. It requires complete, undivided attention. Sadly, an increasing number of young people are sacrificing the physical world for the virtual one, rejecting platonic and romantic relationships in the process. One in every ten Brits has zero friends. This didn’t used to be the case. Sure, there were always loners. But there were never this many loners.