If you really love you, then you will be more careful about who you choose to give your time to. Which is why you need to focus on- loving you- while you are alone. You can even be alone in a healthy way WITHIN a relationship by taking moments for alone time.
…But there is a tipping point. You don’t want to get so comfortable being alone that you no longer want to be with someone else, OR you become angry, insecure, and reclusive because you are STILL alone and you start to then feel LONELY. There is a strategy to being ALONE and NOT LONELY. Laurel and Rob explain both the benefits of being alone, and how to be alone and not lonely.