We all want relationships in life. George has a best friend in Lennie and that's great, but being handicapped, Lennie doesn't offer much back. George gets nothing from anyone.
In our culture, we have a lifelong relationship we try to turn to: marriage. No, it's not necessary for happiness, but it avoids lonliness for most. (Yes, you can be lonely in a marriage too.) But the point of marriage is lifelong companionship.
George can't even get a date. "If I didn't have you I could get a girl..." he says over and over. George longs for a woman, but no woman is going to understand that he has this crippled attached to him.
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