As men grow older, the effort to maintain friendships often diminishes due to busy lives and changing interests. Many men now rely on digital communication, such as group chats centered around shared interests, rather than in-person interactions. These virtual connections might serve as a means to sustain relationships while avoiding potential conflicts that arise from close proximity. This shift suggests that friendships can flourish even with less frequent contact, invoking a new understanding of intimacy and connection in the digital age.
Friendship might be a social concoction that is best served sparingly. A healthy distance from someone you like makes it more unlikely you'll start absolutely hating the sheer sight of them.
My whole social life revolves around screens now. I watch a show or a baseball game and then immediately retreat into my other, smaller screen to discuss what I just witnessed with people I almost never see in real life.
I have, by my count, at least 10 group chats with different circles of friends, organized around unifying themes like Star Trek or movie industry gossip.
It's almost like a welfare check, these text messages: He responded, therefore he is not dead or in a Salvadorian supermax prison awaiting a trial that will never happen.
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