A recent article in Kinship Magazine’s “Friendship” issue – shares expert insights on the topic, including that of UCLA associate professor Jaimie Krems, who was asked about optimal numbers of friends.
Many women form tight, emotionally intense friendships with one or two other women, and many men tend to build larger, looser friend groups, but here’s what we can say with some certainty: It’s one or more… friends can provide unique benefits to health, happiness, longevity and thriving. I’d argue that you can be married and lonely, but you can’t have a true friend and be lonely.
Jaimie Krems, associate professor of psychology at UCLA