Comment by kibwen
> If I have nobody, and you introduce me to someone, then it's simple. They're absolutely worth pursuing.
Not quite. No matter how badly you want a relationship, I guarantee there exist potential partners with whom a relationship would make your life worse, not better. And for most people, the set of absolutely disastrous potential partners is most people.
The quoted section felt like a portrayal of the individual’s mentality from the example, more so than actual objective logic.