Psychology says people who reach retirement age without close friends aren’t cold or difficult, they were often the person everyone leaned on so heavily that no one thought to ask what they actually needed

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When someone reaches retirement age without close friends, the easy assumption is that they must have pushed people away. We imagine a cold person, a difficult person, someone too guarded or demanding to build lasting bonds. Psychology suggests another possibility. Some people arrive in later life without close friends because they were never short on ... Read more