What breaking up with my best friend taught me about male friendship

Male friendships are typically forged on an anvil of casualness. Laughter, beer, fist bump, repeat. In trying times, a "Dude, that's rough," may be extended and past instances of vulnerability shared, but rarely more. Real-time vulnerability is an altogether different matter. I've lived by this unspoken code and, at times, even inched away from male acquaintances that went against it by wanting to share too much, too quickly. And yet, despite being born out of Manhattan rental necessity, this friendship was different. 

By Ben Philippe,  continue reading