TBH I couldn't care either way. It just so happens that there's this guy who turned up in my life and he's great, and I want HIM to be around me. But if he'd never turned up, or anyone else equally fabulous, then there is NO way I would be settling for second best just for the sake of having a partner. If he disappeared for whatever reason, I'd be sad, I'd grieve the loss of him in my life, but I wouldn't actively go out new partner shopping.