There is a loneliness no one ever teaches you how to talk about. It doesn’t happen only in empty rooms or quiet apartments. It happens while standing in a crowd. It happens while laughing in a photo. It happens while answering messages and pretending everything is fine. Sometimes loneliness is not about lacking people — it is about lacking someone who can meet you where you actually are. A Small Scene A man sits at a dinner table with four others. The conversation is loud — politics,...