"There are only so many ways for me to say 'I'm lonely' and only so many times I can say it before it gets repetitive and whiny. I don't want to be whiny. I don't want to be sad--" "You're not sad," he clarifies. "You're lonely . There's a difference--" "But being lonely generally leads to being depressed," I say. "Being lonely leads to being sad; being sad for too long leads to being depressed." "Present--" "I'm just saying--" "Now is not the time to point out flaws in my word choice," I... read more