Where Have All My Deep Male Friendships Gone? - The New York Times
archive.today webpage capture Saved from history←priornext→ 29 Jul 2026 01:59:31 UTC All snapshots from host www.nytimes.com WebpageScreenshot sharedownload .zipreport bug or abuseBuy me a coffee Credit...Illustration by Paul Sahre SKIP TO CONTENT SKIP TO SITE INDEX Where Have All My Deep Male Friendships Gone? I have many guy friends. Why don’t we hang out more? Credit...Illustration by Paul Sahre By Sam Graham-Felsen May 25, 2025 Leer en español The last problem I ever thought I would have was loneliness. From grade school through my late 20s, I had a wide circle of friends, and many of them were guys I’d hang with on a near-daily basis. One of these friends was Rob. We met at a sleepover birthday party when we were 10 or 11. I was nervous about going; the last sleepover party I’d been to featured “Child’s Play 2,” a film about a sociopathic, knife-wielding doll. Within five minutes of watching it, I called my mom and got a ride home, humiliated yet totally relieved. Listen to t