We talk about how being single allows you to focus on building healthy friendships and relationships. I also hypothesize that maybe dating today is such a hard experience because we haven't learned to develop healthy friendships before we date, and maybe if we focussed on good friendships, dating (and marriage) might be easier and healthier. The book of Proverbs provides some challenging insight as to the uniqueness of friendship and the gift we are too each other as friends.