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I recently told my sister how dreadfully lonely I felt. Instead of the comfort I wanted, my sister one-upped me by confessing that she had no friends except for her husband. I told her I had friends who never responded to my offers to do things. She said, "At least you have friends," to which I replied, "At least you have a spouse."
She was actually competing with me for the title of who was more lonely. I told her that the number of friends does not dictate the level of loneliness. I said that the most popular celebrity in the world can feel lonely despite being loved by her millions of fans and having hundreds of "friends." My sister was not fazed. She still maintained that, "At least she has friends." (Insert emo expression here.)
So I ask you: Have you ever had to justify your loneliness to anyone? I've never felt like I had to justify my loneliness to someone or even argue that I was lonely at all. It felt like my sister was dismissive of my own experience and only wanted to express her own.
Thoughts?
She was actually competing with me for the title of who was more lonely. I told her that the number of friends does not dictate the level of loneliness. I said that the most popular celebrity in the world can feel lonely despite being loved by her millions of fans and having hundreds of "friends." My sister was not fazed. She still maintained that, "At least she has friends." (Insert emo expression here.)
So I ask you: Have you ever had to justify your loneliness to anyone? I've never felt like I had to justify my loneliness to someone or even argue that I was lonely at all. It felt like my sister was dismissive of my own experience and only wanted to express her own.
Thoughts?