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2021-07-07 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

American Men Suffer a Friendship Recession [National Review]

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Posted by Glinese Chesh9026 2021-07-07 07:09|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top

#1 Individuals who read Notional Review:
1) Are not men.
2) Don't deserve to have friends.

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-07-07 09:10|| 2021-07-07 09:10|| Front Page Top

#2 Remember something attributed to Harry Truman about the Swamp - if you want a friend, get a dog.

Posted by Procopius2k 2021-07-07 09:56|| 2021-07-07 09:56|| Front Page Top

#3 Why I'm a cat person. We agree up front that we are not each others' friend. Then I feed them anyway.

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-07-07 10:41|| 2021-07-07 10:41|| Front Page Top

#4 They must be gay if they are seen together with other men.

Posted by Dale 2021-07-07 11:48|| 2021-07-07 11:48|| Front Page Top

#5 I guess if I spent all my time at a chit coffee house by myself at a table for two, trying snarky tweets and waxing feminism, not getting noticed by the girls, I guess I too would be wondering why the guys don't take me seriously.

Posted by swksvolFF 2021-07-07 13:01|| 2021-07-07 13:01|| Front Page Top

#6 No room for "friends" when you are married to your cellphone.

Posted by magpie 2021-07-07 13:03|| 2021-07-07 13:03|| Front Page Top

#7 Most guys have lots of friends but those friendships are paper thin (based on sports, movies, or music). Personally I like it that way.

Posted by rjschwarz 2021-07-07 13:05|| 2021-07-07 13:05|| Front Page Top

#8 Having said that, the stereotype is the woman dumping her female friends when she gets in a relationship. It's not the guys who do that.

Posted by rjschwarz 2021-07-07 13:06|| 2021-07-07 13:06|| Front Page Top

#9 How did Gilbert Shelton put it? "A friend with weed is a friend indeed..."

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-07-07 17:44|| 2021-07-07 17:44|| Front Page Top

#10 Most guys have lots of friends but those friendships are paper thin (based on ...

That’s most people, male or female. Situational comrades rather than deep friendships. Females of all ages are better at acting like those activity-based social connections are kindred spirits by sharing lots of personal information, but in many cases the connection is no less superficial. I thought that we had just grown apart when I lost track of most of my high school girlfriends after we moved from university into adulthood, but the same thing happened with my adult friends when Mr. Wife’s career took us abroad for five years.

Posted by trailing wife 2021-07-07 19:25|| 2021-07-07 19:25|| Front Page Top

#11

...Who needs friends, when you have got heavy weight internet buddies..

Posted by Hupetle Whaitle3156 2021-07-07 19:32|| 2021-07-07 19:32|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Squinty Johnson6531 2021-07-07 19:50|| 2021-07-07 19:50|| Front Page Top

#13 My dad's favorite mild insult was to call a guy "hail fellow well met."

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-07-07 20:55|| 2021-07-07 20:55|| Front Page Top

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