Whoa. A life without passion, yes, been there. Without intimacy, yep.

Before I die - and I will - I prefer having an intellectual/sexual partner rather than not.

That’s just my preference. I think that it enhances life and living, though. Knocks out the legs of death even if just for a little while, ya know? And we only have a little while... might as well enjoy ourselves, I think. Being lonely, alone, sucks.