The Friendship Recession: In Reality, (Americans?) Don’t Prioritize Adult Friendships

That’s the simplest way to explain this stuff.

Ted Bauer
6 min readApr 3, 2023

If you’re unfamiliar with the term “friendship recession,” it’s most associated with a guy named Dan Cox, and subsequently more associated with men than women. There’s been a lot of discussion, from nuanced to hand-wringing to superficial…

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Ted Bauer

Mostly write about work, leadership, friendship, masculinity, male infertility, and some other stuff along the way. It's a pleasure to be here.