I have not had the "pleasure" of online dating. I met my husband at a bar when I was 24 and online dating was just becoming a thing. But I've certainly heard stories, particularly from my single sister. She recently met someone at a wedding and told me, "I forgot I could also meet people in real life!" Your yearning for connection and high-level commitment is something I've been feeling too, though not in a romantic sense. We now conduct so much of our life online (and even moreso with Covid) that meeting up with friends and other humans in person, and not having anyone flake out, has become the exception, not the rule!