So, we went to the pub it was being held at and were shown to a smaller side room with a pool table, then 10 minutes later the barman came in and told us that the guy who was running it had phoned to say that he was sick and couldn't make it...as he left the room he said "Bloody typical! The poor sod has been running this for months and you're the first 2 to ever turn up!" 
Anyway, long story short, we stayed for a few hours and had our own counselling session (we'd always been able to speak to each other quite openly but he's been living overseas for 17 years and there were some quite deep-lying bits that he wanted to get out that I hadn't known about) and now we do the same whenever we feel that we need to 
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suicide is the main cause of death of males under 35 years in the uk
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Where I live there’s a growing focus on mens well being, up in the head and the physical aspects of life.
It’s a big thing and I know several guys who goes to sessions with other men - strangers, men they don’t know in advance - to talk about … feelings. How they feel mentally and how their marriage is. Work. Relations. Kids.
Some places there’s a stick involved. Only the guy who holds it are allowed to talk. That way you know no one will talk over you, which makes others listen and you open up even more (that’s the philosophy anyways). There’s an expression: Do your male work.
I can’t f****** stand the thought of it. But maybe I’m just a dinosaur as I try to initiate these things in my normal conversations with friends. But I think there’s a possibility that I miss something here. Is this also a thing in the UK? Has anyone tried?
I think this place has more than football to it, but on the other hand people here a not going that deep.
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