About this site

buildamensgroup.com exists for one reason: to help any man, anywhere, build a local group of men he can count on.

Most men's friendships thin out with age. Work ends, families move, the phone goes quiet. It's common, it's costly to a man's health, and it's fixable. The fix is well understood, and it isn't complicated. It just isn't taught anywhere.

So we teach it here, step by step, for free.

What this site stands on

Every claim in the guide traces back to published research. The full evidence basis is public: you can read or listen to all of it, with every source cited, and the numbers behind it are summarized in why men lose their friends as they age.

• Nothing here is for sale. No course, no membership, no sponsorships, no affiliate links.
• Claims are cited. If we state a number, you can follow it to the study it came from.
• We correct mistakes. If research changes or we got something wrong, we update the page and the "last updated" date.

The only thing we ask for is an email address if you want the free First Meeting Kit, so we can send you occasional, useful follow-ups. You can leave that list anytime.

Who writes this site

Robert "Bob" Manthy, LPC writes this site. He's a licensed professional counselor with 15 years of experience starting and facilitating men's groups in Boulder, Colorado: founding new groups, keeping them healthy, and sitting in the chairs week after week.

Every page here gets checked against two things: the published research, and what 15 years in real rooms with real men says actually works. Where the two disagree, we say so.

Who it's for

Grown men, roughly 40 to 90, who want real friends within driving distance, and the people who care about those men. The guide works whether your group is faith-based or secular, in a living room or a workshop, in any country.

Start here

The whole method is on one page: How to Build a Men's Group. If you're ready to act, the First Meeting Kit gives you the invitation scripts and the first meeting plan, word for word.