15% of men don't have a close friend

[Ya' Cousin Cleon]

if you can

always make time for people

 

[Sukairain]

I have 3 people I can truly call my friend. 10 years ago, I would’ve said 10/15. People change and you have to cut some dead wood off.

There’s something pitiful about trying to make friends as an adult.

This is me exactly now. I turn 28 in a couple of weeks. I have 3 friends now, tops.

5 years ago I had maybe 20 people I considered friends.

But people change, exactly as you say. You realise there are a lot of duds in your life. And those who aren't duds, well they get jealous and bitter if they see you trying to make a come-up. They try to put you down so they can feel better about themselves.

Some people don't have the courage to dissolve a bad friendship. Just last week I cut ties with some people I had been friends with for 20 years. It doesn't matter how many years' service someone has given you, what have they done lately? If it's nothing but jealousy and envy, nothing but bitterness and neglect, then you have to cut them loose. Better to have no friends than bad friends.

 

[Wild self]

I got like 6 close friends, that I can crash on their crib if the worse comes to be. Trust me, in this world, having genuine good PEOPLE in your corner is priceless. Especially as you get older and your elders begin to age.

Don't be that 55 year old hermit that no family and friends left, cause after a certain point in your life, you need someone to accompany you in your medical appointments (female companion) , in social gatherings, and so on. Even #GMB needs a female companion to hold them down.

 

[Buckeye Fever]

Me:

 

[Buckeye Fever]

I have 3 people I can truly call my friend. 10 years ago, I would’ve said 10/15. People change and you have to cut some dead wood off.

There’s something pitiful about trying to make friends as an adult.

The number definitely decreases the older you get, at least in my experience

 

[ThrobbingHood]

Me:

“Yo, he playing ball without a ball. Some twilight zone shyt. He need to leave that shyt alone.”

The number definitely decreases the older you get, at least in my experience

Yeah. People I’ve known for 20+ years too.

 

[HandyWithTheSteel]

 

[Sugarbush]

The number definitely decreases the older you get, at least in my experience

 

[Roid Jones]

Here come all the alpha's and lone wolf brehs

 

[Buckeye Fever]

“Yo, he playing ball without a ball. Some twilight zone shyt. He need to leave that shyt alone.”

Yeah. People I’ve known for 20+ years too.

I like my situation. When i see my friends, it's all love, but we not callin each other everyday or anything like that

 

[the bossman]

There’s something pitiful about trying to make friends as an adult.

What if you move to a new city for a job or something? Should you not try to make new friends because you're an adult?

 

[ThrobbingHood]

What if you move to a new city for a job or something? Should you not try to make new friends because you're an adult?

“Trying” being the operative word. I’ve lived all over so I’ve made social acquaintances over the time. But there’s something as a grown man trying to befriend @Another Man . It’s different when you’re in school/college.

shyt like that should be organic. I.e., I’m cool with my lady’s relatives. We’ll shoot the shyt, watch a game. But I’d never go out to make friends because I’m lonely.

 

[Laidbackman]

This scenario get's closer as you get older, especially if you relocate. But if you're the type who can make friends easy, then you have something to fall back on.

 

[Savvir]

nikkas who don't have a solid tight knit circle should NEVER be trusted.

 

[Wiseborn]

This is a easily fixable problem.

 

[Captain Crunch]