Add another person and everything changes. Suddenly it's not me but we. Now someone else's needs, wants, and preferences must be considered. Now adjustments must be made, compromises negotiated, care taken not to offend. Of course that's true only if we actually want to build something that works, lasts, and satisfies.

So, is it worth it? The answer is up to you. Do you prefer your own company to that of someone who might at one moment exasperate you but at the next make you feel like a million bucks? Do you want to live only the way you've fallen into by habit or would you like to explore new ways of being, thinking, and acting? Is independence everything to you or will you consider interdependence, trading self-reliance for a condition in which two people rely on each other, care for each other, watch each other's back?

If you are already contentedly coupled, you know exactly what I'm talking about. If not, and if you are seeking inspiration to assist your choice, you might like to read the stories of some of the people who have embraced the hand-in-hand way of life.