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‘An uphill battle’: why are midlife men struggling to make – and keep – friends?
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 11 Jul 2025
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Yea, I'm going to have to call monkeysphere theory on this one.
What is that?
Monkeysphere theory, or more appropriately, Dunbars Number is a "suggested cognitive limit to the number of people with whom one can maintain stable social relationships."
Ah! Never heard it as monkeysphere before.