How Did Your Friendships Get Here?

From our article “Why do men have fewer friends as they get older?”: The research on why adult friendships thin out, and what actually reverses it.

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When did you last make a genuinely new friend?

New, not a reconnection. Someone who didn't know you two years ago.

In the last year or so.Years ago. I'd have to think about it.Not since I moved here.No idea when I'd have fitted one in.

What actually fills your week?

Not what you'd like it to be.

Work, home, and some of it is genuinely mine.Work and home, and the rest went somewhere I can't account for.Still figuring out the shape of things here.Work and family, and there is no third thing left.

Who did you last talk to about something that was actually bothering you?

Talked to. Not mentioned in passing.

A friend, and it helped.Nobody. I mostly handle it internally.Someone who lives nowhere near me.My partner. They get all of it.

What's the honest reason you haven't done something about this?

Every answer here is one most people would give.

Nothing to fix. I'm in decent shape on this.It feels late, and a bit strange to start now.I don't know where you'd even meet people here.There is genuinely no time in the week.