"Men, it turns out, have lost the knack for friendship. A 2021 survey found that 15 percent of men confessed to having no close friends at all, up from 3 percent in 1990, while fewer than half of men said they were satisfied with how many friends they had. Only one in five men reported having received any form of emotional support from a friend in the past week."
"In the days following my son's comment, I began thinking more and more about my friends and how long it had been since I'd really talked with any of them. I started surfing online about men and friendship-in my drift away from those close relationships outside of my family, I was far from alone. The U.S. surgeon general has declared an 'epidemic of loneliness and isolation.'"
A father reflects on his lack of close friendships after his son questions whether he has any real friends. This prompts him to examine the state of male friendships in contemporary society. Research reveals a troubling trend: men are increasingly isolated, with only one in five receiving emotional support from friends weekly. The U.S. surgeon general has declared loneliness an epidemic. The father discovers he is not alone in this experience, as statistics show declining male friendships across the nation. This realization leads him to question what happened to his own friendships and what role they should play in his life.
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