Comment by a_f_s-29 on 14/02/2025 at 22:52 UTC

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View submission: Men, Women and Social Connections - Roughly equal shares of U.S. men and women say they’re often lonely; women are more likely to reach out to a wider network for emotional support

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It would help reduce their desperation for it

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Comment by meat_tunnel at 14/02/2025 at 23:46 UTC*

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Correct. If/when they can begin to derive support and interaction from their male friends, not reducing their one female partner to their only source of emotional labor, they will experience how it's possible to be single and not lonely. Allowing others to be there and support you and in turn giving the same back, spreading that love and friendship among many vs. one, not only will it improve your ability and maturity to be in a romantic relationship, but it also won't make you desperate for one. And if you don't know how to be a good friend, what makes you so sure you can be a good partner?

It's all connected. I'm not trying to draw a line between apples and rockets but relationships and relationships.