My loneliness story
They tell young writers to write what you know. My platonic life partner emailed me after my last post asking how I think about loneliness. I believe I know loneliness. Sex and the State is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.
They tell young writers to write what you know. My platonic life partner emailed me after my last post asking how I think about loneliness. I believe I know loneliness. I don’t think I’d have described myself as lonely as a kid. If anything, I’d probably have complained about having too many people around too much of the time. I loved sitting on the carpet in my bedroom listening to CDs or the radio making jewelry by myself. I hated going places where the main activity was socializing. School dances sucked. No one wanted to dance with me. In elementary school kids made fun of me for being…
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