Day 14: Lonely hearts

Here's a thought : have you ever stopped to consider how lonely Sookie Stackhouse must be?
She has lived her whole life listening to other people live their daily lives. When she intimates by thought, word or deed that she knows more than she should about someone, most of the time she is shunned.
School was a nightmare for her. Dating was worse.
No matter your sex, imagine how truly awful it would be to hear ever all the things flitting through your date's head, from the ridiculous (do I smell funny?) to the downright nasty (I'll bet he's/she's hotter than hell naked). How would Sookie feel, since she has no way of knowing that all these thoughts are totally normal, natural and acceptable. Because a person thinks these things does not mean this person expects any of that to happen right now.
She is friends with Tara because she promised to stop reading her thoughts. Same with Jason.
Was the reason she fell so hard for Bill that she could not know what he was thinking? There is every reason to believe he was having the same kind of flitting thoughts through his head the entire time he was with Sookie, she simply couldn't read them.
It was restful for her certainly, but really, not diametrically different from going out with a human. He had his way with her, but since she didn't know what was coming, that made it different for her.
Still, he betrayed her.
Eric does the same thing.
How does Sookie deal with daily life? She has a well-rehearsed smile she plasters on her face when things get to be too much -- both at work and any where else.
She realizes most of the town refers to her as "Crazy Sookie." That has got to hurt. She can't trust most people because she can read every thought that flashes through their head from the moment she asks them something to the time they answer her questions.
I admire the fact she is always trying to better herself. From her "Word a Day" calendar to watching the game show "Jeopardy" when she can, she wants to educate herself.
One of the saddest moments on the series was when she and Bill were imagining  themselves in a normal life and relationship.
She wanted to be a real estate agent, a job that requires extensive public interaction, savvy negotiation skills and a great wardrobe.
That is something she could do anyway. It doesn't have to be a fantasy. Actually, her telepathy would come in handy in matching the right buyer with the right house, but the years of being hurt by everyone has convinced her she can't do it.
At this point both in the books and the series, she is on her own. In the books, she has broken the blood bond, saved the one man who has believed in her and is getting ready to start a new life.
On the series, the blood bond still exists, but she has lost her best friend and has dumped both Bill and Eric. She could start new there too, but that will never happen, because Alan Ball doesn't care about Sookie, but about the vampires. She is a necessary evil. She has to be around to attract the vampires and keep them safe during the day.
Still, in both universes, she is lonely.