Opinion | The Guardian USMale bonds develop one way, female friendships another. Should we stop trying to make men more like women? | Gaby Hinsliff https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/06/men-women-friendship-silent-masculine-trains-golf-drink #Men #Friendship #Loneliness #MentalHealth #Society #LifeAndStyle #UkNews #Health
World news | The GuardianCan a youth club revival help the ‘anxious generation’? – podcast https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2026/jan/06/can-a-youth-club-revival-help-the-anxious-generation-podcast #YoungPeople #Children #Society #Loneliness #Austerity #Business #Economics #UkNews #Communities #MentalHealth #Health #SocialExclusion #SocialTrends
Steve Dustcircle 🌹
Wordmark#love why is it A loves B, B loves C, C loves D #heartbreak
#GPT5: pattern "unrequited or unreciprocated love" a "love chain"
choose partners based on different traits; attraction isn't symmetric. Timing and availability differ feelings often develop at different rates. fall for someone near you who is focused elsewhere, #Idealization project needs someone can’t or won’t reciprocate #vulnerability #communication #feelings stay one-way.
#Rejection low #selfworth #jealousy #loneliness
#GPT5: pattern "unrequited or unreciprocated love" a "love chain"
choose partners based on different traits; attraction isn't symmetric. Timing and availability differ feelings often develop at different rates. fall for someone near you who is focused elsewhere, #Idealization project needs someone can’t or won’t reciprocate #vulnerability #communication #feelings stay one-way.
#Rejection low #selfworth #jealousy #loneliness
A. Rivera> ‘We have to go out and touch people’: how activism is tackling the US loneliness epidemic https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/05/loneliness-social-movements-community-purpose
No, we do not. Go touch someone else and stay away from me.
HWRElifestylemagazine
US news | The Guardian‘We have to go out and touch people’: how activism is tackling the US loneliness epidemic https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/05/loneliness-social-movements-community-purpose #ProtestUs #Activism #Protest #Loneliness #Communities #Society #UsNews
Prism & PenIn the gay world, a chill party is a particular kind of after-party — after the big event ends, a group of men gathers again, mixing drugs and bodies, chasing that fleeting illusion of being “filled,” both physically and emotionally.
https://medium.com/prismnpen/three-gay-men-one-shared-wound-the-illusion-of-being-filled-d8b4e263d97e
Frédéric Pont aka Mystral
Cynni's BlogA lonely start
I was at my parent's place for New Years. Just after midnight, I went outside with my mum. We watched some fireworks, which was nice and all. But, as I was watching, I felt overwhelmed by a sudden feeling of loneliness. As I gathered my things to head home again, I felt like it was the saddest start of the new year I've ever experienced... I was alone in Skoosh, driving home, to be there... On my own... Arwen passed away 181 days ago, on Jan 1st that was, and when this gets shared, she will have been gone for exactly 6 months. But it still feels like yesterday when I had to say goodbye to her... 😢 This should be getitng easier, or so people say... But, my life... It resolved so much around Arwen, and her needs and wants, that I just feel like I lost my "purpose" when she passed away. If all goes well, in about 3 weeks, I will know if Gentle is pregnant, if there may be another gall coming for me... But until then... It's just lonely me, missing my gall so much... […]