#friendship-formation

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fromwww.theguardian.com
5 days ago

The loneliness fix: I wanted to find new friends in my 30s and it was easier than I imagined

If you've ever consumed any media, you would be forgiven for thinking that life after 35 is a burning wasteland of unimaginable horrors: the beginnings of incessant back pain, an interest in dishwasher loading, the discovery that you're ineligible for entire industries billed as a young person's game, and, apparently, an inability to make friends. It becomes harder to make friends as you get older, goes the adage, and indeed, 69% of people in a US survey by Talker Research agree that making close friends becomes more difficult as you age.
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fromArs Technica
7 months ago

Women rely partly on smell when choosing friends

Participants' ratings of friendship potential were influenced by scent, indicating that olfactory cues play a role in interpersonal attraction.
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