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‘An uphill battle’: why are midlife men struggling to make – and keep – friends?
(www.theguardian.com)
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Well the upper 13% are by definition not normal.
However it feels normal to have that many close friends. We have lots of regular game nights or movie nights.
It is however noticable that games are often not made for big groups to play together or that restaurants have a hard time to accomodate your group of ten or more people.
It also depends on your definition of close. I'd consider some people close friends that I haven't seen in over a year.