Single men and women who go home to an empty apartment or a dog or cat or child need adult conversation in their lives.
Develop yourself instead of waiting for Mr. or Miss Right to come along. Get out of the pity party. Pour time into yourself and into serving others. That's fulfillment.
Desperation is worn like a dirty shirt others can see, and marriage will not solve your problems. Marriage brings out the best and the worst in who we are. Getting married, without a good groundwork, is simply exchanging one set of problems for another.