The Decay of Adult Friendship in America.
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The Decay of Adult Friendship in America.
In modern culture, we are so accustomed to the transactional, money-for-service relationship that characterizes our capitalist paradigm that, outside of our immediate families and close friendships, we rarely experience reciprocity at the community level. If there is something we need, we think of buying it before ever considering relying on each o
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it becomes tougher to meet the three conditions that sociologists since the 1950s have considered crucial to making close friends: proximity; repeated, unplanned interactions; and a setting that encourages people to let their guard down and confide in each other, said Rebecca G. Adams, a professor of sociology and gerontology at the University of N... See more
Why Is It Hard to Make Friends Over 30? (Published 2012)
If you lose 10 per cent of your inner-core relationships each year, that would seem to imply that it will take you about ten years to fall out with all of the members of your inner two layers.