It isn't always romantic per se, it's more of a "finding people who fully accept you" thing. You still have time, you never know what will happen.

[ Take him for example, a year ago he felt lucky just to have a best friend and a niece who looked up to him, now he has a number of new friends and has more than two people he'd consider truly close. It's starting to look like he might even have his own family someday. ]