Don't Make No Difference What Nobody Says

...Ain't Nobody likes to be alone... This is an ungramatical but poignant line from Springsteen's "Hungry Heart." It's so true.

I have friends who claim to savor being alone, but never seem to be without a lover or girlfriend for more than a night or two. Wifey and I have friends, intelligent women, who fall prey to such obvious losers and con men that it's shocking.

Folks stay in toxic marriages rather than face being alone. I see this all the time. Spouses who have no business staying together , do. Some render true the joke about the 90 years olds who get divorced: "We were waiting for the children to die."

My nephew's girl just left him, and it brought back memories of a youthful broken heart. I was talking to someone about that, and she reported remembering a heartbreak over 40 years ago, wondering how it was possible to be so miserable without physical pain.

I guess this is why most people love dogs -- they share this intense hunger for company. When Wifey sneaks the obedient dog off for a walk, and the recalcitrant Bassett realizes she's been left by herself, she starts to whine and bay with a despair that's something to behold.

So, we feed our hungry hearts, hopefully in non destructive ways. It's the essence of being a human.