Q: Men’s Health says that 72% of guys have one of these?
A: A best friend
Friendship depends on disclosure and reciprocity, says Peter Nardi, Ph.D., a sociologist at Pitzer College. “Men have a hard time with the disclosure part,” he notes. If you are trying to make new friends, you have to share. With a new friends, you break away from superficial conversations about work or last night’s game. “Say something like, ‘Let me tell you about this problem with my girlfriend,'” says Nardi. If your bud to be reciprocates with his own anecdote, you have begun a friendship. But if your disclosures are not matched, well, maybe he is just not that into you. Here’s what Men’s Health reports about friends:
- 4.8 is the average number of close friends a guy has
- 72% of guys have a “best” friend
- 26% of men consider themselves the best looks of their friends
