Lonely

Boston Globe:

But a major national survey being released today shows that the average number of people with whom Americans discuss important matters has dropped from three to two in just two decades, a steep falloff in confidants that startled the researchers.

...The authors found that fully one-quarter of Americans say they have no one with whom to discuss their most important personal business.

...the portion with at least six close friends has dwindled to 4.9 percent of the population