Maybe that's because they feel entitled to your attention instead of having it to share with new friends?You probably asked the correct question. I will decide whether to ask for clarification on this topic.
The dependent variable, social isolation, reflects a summary index of social connection across numerous domains, including romantic relationships, family and friends, and the community. The primary independent variables were gender, age, and partnership history (i.e., married/cohabiting, stably partnered, ever disrupted – including widowhood, divorce, disrupted cohabitation). The researchers adjusted analyses for education level, race/ethnicity, and self-rated health.
https://www.psypost.org/2022/09/boys-and-men-experience-more-social-isolation-than-girls-and-women-study-finds-63947Thanks for the information on the protective effects of marriage on people's social connectivity from a psychological perspective.QuoteThe dependent variable, social isolation, reflects a summary index of social connection across numerous domains, including romantic relationships, family and friends, and the community. The primary independent variables were gender, age, and partnership history (i.e., married/cohabiting, stably partnered, ever disrupted – including widowhood, divorce, disrupted cohabitation). The researchers adjusted analyses for education level, race/ethnicity, and self-rated health.
Interestingly, study found isolation amongst men lowest in those with a stable relationship history. So perhaps counterintuitively, getting married and making it work might actually provide more social stability outside of just the marriage.
https://www.psypost.org/2022/09/boys-and-men-experience-more-social-isolation-than-girls-and-women-study-finds-63947Thanks for the information on the protective effects of marriage on people's social connectivity from a psychological perspective.QuoteThe dependent variable, social isolation, reflects a summary index of social connection across numerous domains, including romantic relationships, family and friends, and the community. The primary independent variables were gender, age, and partnership history (i.e., married/cohabiting, stably partnered, ever disrupted – including widowhood, divorce, disrupted cohabitation). The researchers adjusted analyses for education level, race/ethnicity, and self-rated health.
Interestingly, study found isolation amongst men lowest in those with a stable relationship history. So perhaps counterintuitively, getting married and making it work might actually provide more social stability outside of just the marriage.
One of my biggest motivations for the creation of this post and participation in the men's support group arose from my personal experience with exposure to historical sources on the extent of Americans' historical participation in social organizations and Robert Putnam's observations in Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community on American men and women's shrinking participation in social organizations and reduced number of friendships. Americans through the 1940s survived through the assistance of mutual aid societies, fraternities, and other cultural organizations. Americans within the last seventy years experienced a reduction in the number of friends and personal confidants outside of a marriage through the rise of television, the internet, and other technology. Some men received further stigma for seeking friendships with other men and connections in fraternities from family, friends, and significant other because some family, friends, and significant others perceived the mere mention of friendship between men as "gay." While marriage often provided significant benefits for heterosexual men, American men often socialized in groups, rarely addressed men "face to face," and possessed fewer close connections compared to American women. Some married heterosexual men also relied on their wife for access to their wife's social networks and connections beyond the shallow connections heterosexual men formed in sports groups and other group activities.
The stigma against men forming connections with other men influenced my mention of interactions with people on this forum to other people because some Americans cannot fathom healthy and asexual communication between men.
Source:
Putnam, Robert D. Bowling Alone : the Collapse and Revival of American Community. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000.