American men were said to be in a “ friendship recession,” with a survey finding the number of men without any close friends increased fivefold since 1990. Meanwhile, resurfaced comments from Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance complaining that the government was being run by “childless cat ladies” who are unhappy they don’t have children drew widespread condemnation from
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