# The importance of friendship

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**Created:** [January 25, 2019, 6:28pm UTC](https://archive.menshealtharchive.com/t/the-importance-of-friendship/1707 "2019-01-25T18:28:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![tuckerlieberman](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/archive.menshealtharchive.com/tuckerlieberman/32/269_2.png) [@tuckerlieberman](https://archive.menshealtharchive.com/u/tuckerlieberman)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2019, 6:28pm UTC](https://archive.menshealtharchive.com/t/the-importance-of-friendship/1707/1 "2019-01-25T18:28:02Z")

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I’ve been reflecting on the importance of friendship, and I thought I’d share these articles.

**"Why Do We Lose Friends in Middle Age?"** by Kristen Hovet, BRIGID Magazine. Originally published 2 Nov 2017 on kristenhovet dot com  
[https://www.brigidmag.com/2018/05/why-we-lose-friends-in-middle-age.html](https://www.brigidmag.com/2018/05/why-we-lose-friends-in-middle-age.html)

**"The Importance of Friendship"** by Jane Collingwood, PsychCentral, 8 Oct 2018.

> **[The Importance of Friendship](https://psychcentral.com/lib/the-importance-of-friendship/)**
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> The causes of modern social problems, from divorce to homelessness and obesity, are often thought to be based in areas such as poverty, stress or unhappiness. But researchers suggest we are

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**Author:** ![tuckerlieberman](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/archive.menshealtharchive.com/tuckerlieberman/32/269_2.png) [@tuckerlieberman](https://archive.menshealtharchive.com/u/tuckerlieberman)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2019, 6:29pm UTC](https://archive.menshealtharchive.com/t/the-importance-of-friendship/1707/2 "2019-01-25T18:29:58Z")

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For you bookworms out there:

A. C. Grayling’s book [_Friendship_](https://amzn.to/2FX2dch) includes his reflections on friendships that drift apart over time.

I direct you also to my virtual bookshelf where I’ve identified a few other titles about friendship. This list is on Goodreads, a social media platform for readers…yes, you can be my “friend” on Goodreads 🙂

> **[Tucker’s 'friendship' books on Goodreads (6 books)](https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/308912-tucker?shelf=friendship)**
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> Tucker has 6 books on his friendship shelf: Friends Divided: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson by Gordon S. Wood, Friendship in the Hebrew Bible by Saul M....

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