>Lonely? Make strong friendships! Spend your time with other men who like you and enjoy your company and validate you. Men can feel lonely and unhappy and unfu

>Lonely? Make strong friendships! Spend your time with other men who like you and enjoy your company and validate you. Men can feel lonely and unhappy and unfulfilled when they are involuntarily celibate even after having strong relationships with other men and with their families. This has been my experience talking to hundreds of men in India. India has a strong family culture and a strong culture of strong friendships between men (sometimes even involving completely platonic hand-holding which is perceived as weird by the West) but not much of a culture of dating before marriage. The dating pool has a huge under-supply of women, so most men that do want to date would never find a girlfriend. In my experience, many of these men really struggle with loneliness and self-esteem. Eventually, they give in to the family pressure and just agree to an arranged marriage.