Aug 12, 2026 · 7 min · 5 segments
# I’m thinking through… feeling lonely even when your life is full the difference between having people and actually feeling known my deep desire to be understood… and how it can sometimes get in…
Kala RigginsHost
There are group chats with forty-seven unread messages just waiting for you, okay, and somehow I still feel lonely.

I've been thinking a lot about that lately because when I think about loneliness in my thirties, I don't necessarily think about the absence of people.

I've always been the girl with friends, okay? I have never had a shortage of good girls in my life.

I know it was just a song, but a lot of people took it to heart, okay? But not me.

There are group chats with forty-seven unread messages just waiting for you, okay, and somehow I still feel lonely.

I've been thinking a lot about that lately because when I think about loneliness in my thirties, I don't necessarily think about the absence of people.

I've always been the girl with friends, okay? I have never had a shortage of good girls in my life.

I know it was just a song, but a lot of people took it to heart, okay? But not me.
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