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Why aren’t we talking more about friendship?
How much does it cost if we treat friends as an investment in an age of growing loneliness? Perhaps as little as 10 minutes of our time.
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Making friends is easier early in life but nurturing friendship over the years takes commitment, says the writer.
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Leslie Koh
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One of the last things I expected to achieve in middle age was to make new friends.
Most people form close friendships in their earlier years, as teenagers or young adults. Yet, in the past year or so, I’ve come to meet and know two guys around my age fairly well.
