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[-] Kit 4 points 22 hours ago

That's awesome and it sounds like it works for you, but I suspect it isn't the norm. I could only find data for 50+ year olds, and among them only 24% talk to friends daily. That seems about right for my adult friends group - I get the sense that a quarter of them are very social and the rest are too busy to socialize that often.

[-] exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 22 hours ago

among them only 24% talk to friends daily

I think it's fair to infer that a big chunk of the 76% are still talking to friends at least once a week, at least 1/7 as frequently as the 24%.

I don't mean to say that talking to friends at least once a week is the only way to be friends, or that it represents a majority of friendships (although maybe it might be). The part of the original comment that got me to weigh in was the idea that speaking once a week with friends was unusual or strange. That, I think, underappreciates how it can be feasible and maybe even desirable to keep in more regular contact with multiple friends.

[-] Kit 2 points 20 hours ago

The rest of the breakdown is: 40% once a week, 36% once a month or less. I guess I fall into the latter bracket.

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