Esmeralda
Diamond Member
Or maybe as people age, their friends die. Or finally wonder why they were their friends to begin with.Maybe as people age, they don't have the same drive to run around or do the goofy stuff they did when they were 25 and single. I have... three? ... close friends and we don't hang out like we did when we were young. We still get together, but more for a quiet evening and not for a weekend of booze, music and wild times.
As far as I know, none of my old friends have died, but we don't keep in touch like we used to: I don't even live in the same country as any of them.
I think when you get older, your one real friend is your mate, partner. If you don't have one, then you might be on your own. I think this study is very dependent on the definition of friend. What is the definition of friend? It means different things to different people.