How many friends do you have? Data suggests while we have plenty of mates in younger years, those numbers soon start to fade away.
So why do we struggle to make friends in later life? It was easy when we were children, but what is holding us back now?
Author and Comedian Max Dickins wrote "Billy No Mates: How I realised men have a friendship problem" and joins Mick to talk about his story and how he arrested the decline in friendships he noticed ahead of an upcoming wedding.
Find out how to make friends in this illuminating and eye-opening episode of the podcast
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TOPICS: Making friends, how to make friends, losing friends, friendship problems, anxiety, meeting new people, finding new hobbies, talking to strangers
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