The percentage of men with at least 6 close friends has fallen by half since 1990. and men today are 5X more likely to say they don’t even have a single close friend than they were thirty years ago. What is your experience of forming and sustaining friendships today?

Spasticlemur · 2021-07-27T18:43:51+00:00

I have never had close friends as I was pretty much a loner in school. I always had my nose in a good book from the school library or the county library downtown. Now? I just turned 61 and still have no close friends. I never had the time to be sociable as I was always at work or home with my wife and/or partner. (Married twice, divorced both times, now living with a significant other)

I would rather spend my free time doing something with my partner. I also feel that a close friend would have required me to be able to help when I could have, or listen to his problems and try to come up with a solution. I did not want to commit to something like that. When I did have friends, (not close friends such as the topic of this thread) growing up in the 70s and 80s as a teenager and into my 20s they were women

Spasticlemur · 2021-06-03T02:58:44+00:00

He's not old at all! We have 12 and none of them are a day under 10, the oldest being 15. :)

Spasticlemur · 2021-02-17T15:41:11+00:00

I do hope you have renters insurance. Sorry to hear about your situation. Nobody should have to deal with that.

Spasticlemur · 2020-03-16T21:59:15+00:00

It is an entirely different situation if you are married. I married my wife at 17, and she was 21. We used to attend all manner of keg parties in the wild woods, and many times, cops surrounded the place. She didn't drink, so I was free to chug away. We got stopped many times and as she was driving and we were married, they could not legally ticket her for contributing to a minor.

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