April 24, 2022 by Sheryl Kraft · Connection

What to Do When Your Husband Has No Friends

Sheryl Kraft is worried about her husband’s ever-smaller circle of pals, which has left him isolated especially during COVID. How can she help? Is it even her place to help?

The way that men and women go about their friendships differs quite a bit. As our lives change—as we marry, divorce, move, change jobs, fall ill—friendships can become more complicated. And of course, at our age, we're faced increasingly with the death of friends. That’s why I now focus more than ever on nurturing the friendships I have as well as making new ones. But I worry about my husband, who seems to have no friends right now. Or very few.

He’s suffered similar losses as I have, yet rather than making new friends, his circle continues to shrink. COVID made everything more difficult since everyone seemed to have a fall off in their social lives.

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