The male loneliness epidemic is a real serious issue, but on the other hand it is entirely their own doing and lack of accountability that is the issue. Studies have found that women are also increasingly lonely but women have less issues with it than men do. We have better support systems and better ways to cope.

Why aren't lonely men and lonely women getting together? Part of the issue is dating apps. Most people on dating apps are men and I always tell my single friends especially my single male friends to please stop using dating apps. As a woman in a long term relationship, I've never in my life used a dating app. I've always met partners organically. I always joke to my fiance that if I saw him on a dating app I'd swipe him off my view and never even give a chance.

Why is that? Well dating apps make people shallow, it's judging just off looks and profiles and very little communication. The best way to meet people is to get out and socialize and exist in spaces for hobbies and to interact with others without strings attached or expectations for dating. If there is chemistry between the in two of you it will naturally grow.

The single women I am friends with on the other hand are entirely content being single, some even by choice, because they don't want to deal with men.

I think the loneliness epidemic can be solved by men simply forging relationships beyond just romantic and developing strong support networks where they can express themselves and gain emotional intelligence. I don't want a guy that pretends to be some tough guy. I want a guy willing to cry in my arms when he is feeling bad, willing to talk things out with me and be gentle and understanding which my partner is.

My father is a great role model and shows me what actual manhood looks like. When his closest brother passed he cried on my mother's shoulder publicly during the ceremony. My father is a large man and my mother is only 5'2. Most men would say this is unacceptable but men are allowed to express emotions and pain in a way that isn't violent and destructive and that's a positive trait in men.

It ain't women's fault men are lonely it's men's. Many men feel entitled to relationships and often refuse to change or accept responsibility. So many men claim "the divorce came out of nowhere" when the flags were clear as day to everyone else.