Peer Support – a reciprocal relationship with benefits for both men – is one option for creating a meaningful and strong social connection
“And it’s not a matter of how many [meaningful, strong social connnnections] they had, it’s a matter of the strength of those, the meaningfulness of them. It didn’t matter if they were obese, if they smoked, if they had good friends – that is the thing that kept them going.”
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2018854999/how-fostering-and-deepening-male-friendship-can-aid-wellbeing