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‘An uphill battle’: why are midlife men struggling to make – and keep – friends?
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 11 Jul 2025
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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.
Yea, I'm going to have to call monkeysphere theory on this one.