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Yes. That's a big part of what's going on. A lot of men, particularly poor and middle class, have no real culture of interaction and have been told they are worth the money they make a month and nothing else.

Woman bad

And this one even has a little homophobia sprinkled in.

"I barely talk to my friends lol."

"There's a male loneliness epidemic."

The guy didn't explicitly say he married a woman, might still be gay.

Also it's not manly to share your life with a friend apparently.

I'm 40+ and a couple of months ago started therapy. I didn't even knew I needed therapy, went with my wife for couple therapy and it quickly turned into personal therapy.

What I learned after some tests is that I fall into the top 4% of men who are emotional closed off. This is pretty extreme, but maybe the worst part is, I never even knew. This is the stereotype we teach boys, men don't have emotions, they don't talk about emotions, etc.

I have friends that i know for 10+ years and i don't know their real names

And it’s ultimately insulting to men too, like the idea of being excited to share personal news is somehow anathema to the male experience.

Soon maybe not anymore

Oh, friends assume sexual preference based on other things too. Like the way you eat a hotdog, what kind of car you drive, how quickly you can recognize that the song is by Kyle Minogue, how long you hold a sloppy french kiss with your homies, wether you you sit with your legs crossed or slow down on a yellow light.