How to Make Friends as an Adult Man

At some point, you realise you don't really have mates anymore.

Your phone is full of names. You know people from work, neighbours, other fathers, old friends and blokes you see now and then. But when you've got a free Saturday, need someone to talk to or simply fancy a pint, you suddenly don't know who to call.

How to Make Friends as an Adult Man is a practical guide for men who want to rebuild their social lives after friendship has quietly disappeared.

Whether you've lost touch with old mates, moved somewhere new, become consumed by work and family, gone through a divorce, or simply reached your thirties or forties and wondered where everybody went, this book shows you how to start again without becoming somebody you're not.

You'll learn how to:

• reconnect with old friends without making it awkward
• find places where real friendships actually have time to develop
• turn acquaintances into men you genuinely see outside work, the gym or your children's activities
• make the first move without feeling needy or desperate
• deal with rejection, one-sided friendships and men who never initiate
• build closer male friendships without forcing every conversation into therapy
• make time for friendship around work, marriage, children and divorce
• create a social life that doesn't disappear again six months later

At the heart of the book is The Friendship Rebuild: a straightforward process for taking stock of the relationships you already have, reconnecting where it makes sense, getting into Repeated Rooms, initiating, deepening friendships and maintaining the ones worth keeping.

You don't need twenty new friends. You don't need to become wildly outgoing. And you definitely don't need matching tattoos and twelve men chanting your name on a weekend in Prague.

You need a few good men in your life — and a practical way to make friendship happen again.

If you're tired of thinking, I know people, but I don't really have mates, this book will show you what to do next.