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‘An uphill battle’: why are midlife men struggling to make – and keep – friends?
(www.theguardian.com)
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Do "normal" people really have 10 or more close friends? I've never had that many close friends my entire life.
I think I've got right around there where I'm living now; that's part of what makes it hard to contemplate leaving the country, even though this place (US) is turning pretty terrifying: I know if I leave it'll take years to build up friendships like that again, if it ever even happens.