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Toni Elka

Making new friends more difficult with age, but no less important

Global Politics

Many adults have a list of excuses for not making new friends: They’re too busy; they already have friends; they won’t be as close with them as those from their younger years. But author Marla Paul says that decision comes with a heavy price.

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