Re:Why is it hard to make friends over 30? (2012)
by leetcrew on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @08:32PM
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my guess is a fair amount of the upvotes were from men. deep down i think men do realize that we have gaps in our coping skills, but don't fully understand the cause.
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Re:Why is it hard to make friends over 30? (2012)
by gaius on Thursday February 22, 2018 @12:41AM
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fully understand the cause.
The cause is that “society” expects that to “grow up” a man must give up his hobbies and his friends and “settle down” (provide for a family as sole purpose in life).
Someone will say “that’s how the patriarchy harms men too!” But I don’t think I believe that; I don’t think men say “hey bro, we should totally just give up all that cool stuff we do, for no reason”.