I should add that your point about restaurants, entertainment, etc is not entirely lost on me.

The problem that I found after a while though was that the cost of such experiences has really just become ridiculous (and I say that as someone who can afford most anything). It’s either like $2500+ for a mind blowing dinner or show or else it’s just meh.

Now I truly just prefer to cook really tasty stuff myself (I’ll invest in shipping stuff from all over the world if needed) and buy nice audio equipment etc. to have those experiences without a bunch of strangers around.

Granted, I’m not single and hate being around almost all people. :)