For many. But that's what the men want. They keep saying so. Also, actions speak louder than words.

What's stopping you, as a man, from doing your iwn laundry if you want? Or stopping by the atore on the way home? Or taking the kids out on your day off? Or starting a fun conversation with your wife?

Not a goddamned thing other than the mechanizations going on in your own heads. If you're lonely, you're choosing to be lonely. Talking long term, persistent loneliness here, obviously. Everyone experiences bouts of loneliness, that's normal.