Nearly a quarter of people surveyed said they had "zero" close friends with whom to discuss personal matters. More than 50 percent named two or fewer confidants, most often immediate family members
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"It's one thing to know someone and exchange e-mails with them. It's another thing to say, 'Will you give me a ride out of town with all of my possessions and pets? And can I stay with you for a couple or three months?" [said Duke University Professor Lynn Smith-Lovin, lead author on the study to be published in the American Sociological Review.]
Just so you know what the standard is.
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