Finding a partner shouldn't be everything

I feel that finding a partner would solve or at least hugely improve how lonely I feel but at the same time we as people shouldn't be so reliant on one other individual to do that for us. Of course you're gonna feel less lonely with a partner but I feel like we should be able to cure a good bit of loneliness through friends too. If we're in a romantic relationship and know that we would be really lonely without it then something isn't right. We'd be too reliant on their company and using them as a crutch essentially. Not sure if I have a particular point, just thinking out loud.