ARTICLE

FindCenter AddIcon

American Men Suffer a Friendship Recession

By Daniel Cox — 2021

After a prolonged period of social isolation, Americans are dusting off their social calendars. But as Americans try to rebuild and reconnect, a new survey conducted by the Survey Center on American Life finds that the social landscape is far less favorable than it once was. Over the past three decades, the number of close friends Americans have has plummeted.

Read on www.nationalreview.com

FindCenter Post-Image
13:18

Autism and Relationships Part 1: Friendships | AUTISM IN GIRLS

In this week's episode of Autistically Me, I talk about YOUR voted on topic: Autism and Relationships! Since I didn't know if you wanted me to talk about relationships in general or my romantic relationship with my boyfriend, Alex, I thought I'd do a two-parter.

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image
03:26

WWII Vet forms Unlikely Friendship with Toddler

3.5 year-old Emmet has an unusual friendship with his neighbor, 89.5 year-old Erling. The two are nearly inseparable. You always hope that a tale such as this one will result in a happy ending, but life just isn't that simple . . .

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

Saving My Enemy: How Two WWII Soldiers Fought Against Each Other and Later Forged a Friendship That Saved Their Lives

Don Malarkey grew up scrappy and happy in Astoria, Oregon—jumping off roofs, playing pranks, a free-range American. Fritz Engelbert’s German boyhood couldn’t have been more different. Regimented and indoctrinated by the Hitler Youth, he was introspective and a loner.

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Memoir of Friendship, Loyalty, and War

One night in 1967, twenty-six-year-old John Donohue—known as Chick—was out with friends, drinking in a New York City bar. The friends gathered there had lost loved ones in Vietnam. Now they watched as antiwar protesters turned on the troops themselves.

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

We Need to Hang Out: A Memoir of Making Friends

At the age of forty, having settled into his busy career and active family life, Billy Baker discovers that he’s lost something crucial along the way: his friends. Other priorities always seemed to come first, until all his close friendships became distant memories.

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

Breaking the Male Code: Unlocking the Power of Friendship

For much of the past century, men have operated under the rules of Male Code, a rigid set of guidelines that equate masculinity with stoicism, silence, and strength.

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

Loving Your Friend Through Cancer: Moving Beyond “I’m Sorry” to Meaningful Support

“It’s cancer.” When you hear the two words you dread most from someone you care about, you know at once that your friend’s life has been turned upside down. Whether she’s a good friend, a best friend, or just an acquaintance, you want to be supportive.

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

Coach Wooden and Me: Our 50-Year Friendship On and Off the Court

Former NBA star and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Kareem Abdul-Jabbar explores his 50-year friendship with Coach John Wooden, one of the most enduring and meaningful relationships in sports history.

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

Frientimacy: How to Deepen Friendships for Lifelong Health and Happiness

With the constant connectivity of today’s world, it’s never been easier to meet people and make new friends—but it’s never been harder to form meaningful friendships.

FindCenter AddIcon

EXPLORE TOPIC

Male Friendship