The biggest threat facing middle-age men is loneliness (2017)
If you count &quot;<i>having few male friends with whom you often spend personal time</i>&quot; as lonely, then I am <i>definitely</i> lonely. If you consider lonely to mean &quot;<i>feeling of a hole or gap in your personal&#x2F;social life</i>&quot;, then no. I am not lonely, whatsoever.<p>Different people need different amounts and types of social interaction in their lives. Where I&#x27;m at in my life, I&#x27;m very comfortable, happy, and content. Closing in on 40 with my wife and recently-adult child, and with the rest of my family (who I rarely see, as many are out of state). I have a small handful of male friends in other states that I see once or twice a year. Otherwise, I&#x27;ve mostly fallen out of touch with male friends, and that doesn&#x27;t bother me. And that&#x27;s me&#x2F;personally ~ I&#x27;m <i>not</i> suggesting that this should or should not be acceptable to others.<p>Just saying: The threat facing middle-age men is loneliness (as the article states), not lack of male friends <i>per-se</i>. I fit the description of the men in the article, but I am not lonely now. Perhaps, in a few years, I will realize that my priorities change, that I am lonely <i>then</i>, and I will resent my 30s self for allowing so few male friendships to grow and flourish.