{"id":22922,"date":"2018-04-30T11:05:04","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T10:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/?p=22922"},"modified":"2018-04-30T11:05:04","modified_gmt":"2018-04-30T10:05:04","slug":"theres-little-better-in-life-than-a-good-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/?p=22922","title":{"rendered":"There&#8217;s little better in life than a good friend"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>&#8220;According to a recent study by the Red Cross in partnership with Co-op, <a class=\"u-underline\" href=\"http:\/\/www.redcross.org.uk\/en\/What-we-do\/Health-and-social-care\/Independent-living\/Loneliness-and-isolation\/Research\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">more than nine million adults in the UK are often or always lonely<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We are facing a loneliness epidemic, with Theresa May taking the step earlier this year of appointing Tracey Crouch as what some have dubbed the \u201c<a class=\"u-underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2018\/jan\/23\/tracey-crouch-minister-loneliness-friends-powerful-vested-interests\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">minister for loneliness<\/a>\u201d to try to tackle the issue.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"u-underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/loneliness\" data-link-name=\"auto-linked-tag\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Loneliness<\/a> is something we all feel at times and to varying degrees, but it can also be something that we feel uneasy about admitting to.<\/p>\n<p>Another study, published in the journal Personal Relationships, found that <a class=\"u-underline\" href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/pere.12187\/epdf?referrer_access_token=d_ekKgtuGybkl57PYHZvAIta6bR2k8jH0KrdpFOxC66rG2Phy5kqff5Gey5O_EtpQK1aE5WtS0FgdkHpAs1_SYPKaGi8nw5YNG4gGVj8iZneQ0g3tmCEEBmhPOAN39XgtNTWjQ1djtJeILkjoZk0dI0wis13gXoGzFvOoDHl49GnDKSamIeyNgIrO0dy4T1b8EJSCK4AtlcW133Wddz03bx9yrbI1pTb31C35Ilzfc8%3D\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">investing in close relationships<\/a> was associated with better health, happiness and wellbeing in adulthood.<\/p>\n<p>Still, making friends as an adult can be hard, and takes time \u2013 last week <a class=\"u-underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/a-stranger-can-become-your-friend-in-90-hours-sxtqqvzm0\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">a study from the University of Kansas<\/a> found that two people need to spend 90 hours together to become friends, or 200 hours to qualify as close friends.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This is an extract from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2018\/apr\/30\/how-to-make-new-friends-adult-lonely-leap-of-faith\">an article<\/a> in today&#8217;s &#8220;Guardian&#8221; newspaper with some tips on how to make friends as an adult.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;According to a recent study by the Red Cross in partnership with Co-op, more than nine million adults in the UK are often or always lonely. 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