Why Is It So Hard for Men to Make Close Friends?

Post by Tade0 » Wed, Nov 30, 2022, 8:08 AM UTC

favflam wrote: post #47

I moved to a city. One reason was that the car-dominated suburbs makes it reaaaally hard to make friends. Time from getting out of bed to meeting someone is like 30-45minutes, and I have to spend money. In the city,it is more like 15 minutes, meaning you can do it twice as often, hang out longer. I would say this is a big factor. The country side works so long as your friends are close by for beer, movies, and games?…

Post by Dendilion » Wed, Nov 30, 2022, 2:44 PM UTC

P5fRxh5kUvp2th wrote: post #72

Dendilion wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He clearly said that IF someone is a dick about it / a prick he just ignores them.

> I don't think anyone ever thought I'm gay because I hang out with him, but if they did I just don't care. My mate is more important to me than some random prick's opinion. They very clearly did not say that.

Post by favflam » Thu, Dec 01, 2022, 2:53 AM UTC

Tade0 wrote: post #71

favflam wrote: post #47

I moved to a city. One reason was that the car-dominated suburbs makes it reaaaally hard to make friends. Time from getting out of bed to meeting someone is like 30-45minutes, and I have to spend money. In the city,it is more like 15 minutes, meaning you can do it twice as often, hang out longer. I would say this is a big factor. The country side works so long as your friends are close by for beer, movies, and games?…

> Time from getting out of bed to meeting someone is like 30-45minutes, and I have to spend money. In the city,it is more like 15 minutes, meaning you can do it twice as often, hang out longer. How tightly packed is your calendar that this makes such an enormous difference? I'm asking because I always met my friends in the city centre, to which the commute alone from my place was 45min.