The Oldie

I'm not the only lonely man

I look around and see a lot of middle-aged and older men wandering around, unhappy and alone.

According to the Jo Cox commission on loneliness, eight million men (of all ages) in Britain feel lonely at least once a week, with nearly three million saying it's a daily occurrence.

Does society create this loneliness? Or do men create it?

When I was 18, my brother Brent died from cancer.

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