28% of adults said they don't have a "best friend,"Do you? Read to find out.
A poll on "friendship" in 2021 found 28% of adults don't have a "best friend" . . . 9% are friends with someone they don't really like . . . and 4% are friends with someone out of pity. Fans of "When Harry Met Sally" will like this last stat: It also found 84% of people now think it IS possible for men and women to just be friends.
A survey in the U.K. found 4% of people are friends with at least one person out of PITY. So you only keep in touch because you feel bad for them.
The poll uncovered a few more friendship stats we thought were interesting . . .
1. 28% of adults said they don't have a "best friend," just regular friends. That includes 31% of men and 26% of women.
2. 9% have at least one "friend" they secretly don't like.
3. 35% of people value their true friends more than they did before covid. Women were even more likely to say yes to that.
4. Even with all the time we've spent at home, a third of people said they've made at least one NEW friend in the past year.
5. Fans of "When Harry Met Sally" will like this last stat: 84% of us now think it IS possible for men and women to just be friends.
I'm blessed to have Bo "The Bigman" Rhodes as a best friend for over 40 years.
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