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The Buddy System

A Modern Man’s Guide to Mastering Friendship and Leveling Up Your Life

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The Buddy System

De: Matt Ritter, Aaron Karo
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Let's face it—making and keeping friends as a grown man isn't easy. Between careers, relationships, and life's responsibilities, meaningful male friendships often take a backseat. But what if there were a proven system to help you build the social connections you've been missing?

Welcome to The Buddy System: A Modern Man's Guide to Mastering Friendship and Leveling Up Your Life, created by comedians, lifelong pals, and hosts of the wildly popular “Man of the Year” podcast, Matt Ritter and Aaron Karo. This groundbreaking audio guide provides a step-by-step framework for making new friends and strengthening existing relationships—all while keeping it real, relatable, and occasionally ridiculous.

Drawing from their nearly four decades of friendship, Matt and Karo break down the art and science of male friendship into simple, actionable strategies that actually work. From overcoming the dreaded "friendship recession" to mastering the delicate art of getting another dude's digits (without making it weird), they tackle the challenges that keep men from forming deeper connections.

You'll learn how to:

- Break through limiting beliefs that hold you back from making new friends

- Find your "Third Place"—the key to meeting like-minded people

- Level up casual acquaintances into real friendships

- Show up for your buddies during both good times and bad

- Create meaningful and lasting traditions that keep your crew connected

- Avoid the awkward “We should hang out sometime” conversation you never actually follow through on

The Buddy System isn't just about making friends—it's about becoming the kind of friend people actually want in their lives. Through hilarious stories, research-backed insights, and proven techniques, friendship experts Matt and Karo will help you build your "social fitness" just like you’d hit the gym and build physical fitness.

So, whether you're looking to expand your social circle, deepen existing friendships, or simply feel more connected, The Buddy System is the roadmap you need to get off the sidelines and back in the game. No more settling for surface-level relationships or letting great friendships fade away. It's time to level up your social life…and your life, period.

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I love this audiobook. Karo and Ritter are a hilarious pair with a ton of insight on how to confidently make friends as an adult.

Karo sounds like he's a natural at making friends. Ritter sounds like everybody's top pick for "kindest dude I know."

Karo is all about systems—his email inbox is at 0. Ritter is comfortable basking in the chaos of any given day as a husband, father and creative fella in Hollywood. You'd think that this combination of authors would lead to "riveting" advice like "just be yourself" and "you know, just shoot the sh!!t."

But no, these two break down phase by phase, step by step on what makes their friendships work and how to do the hardest part: take that first step.

In an increasingly lonely society, it’s easy for even the most social butterfly to atrophy in socializing in person.
Karo and Ritter draw on their 40+ years as friends and combined 37 years in a totally new city (they live in LA, but used to live in the NYC burbs).

It’s an audiobook, but even an hour into the book you’ll be aching to see where these roadmaps all lead to. Maybe one day in the future. They don’t pretend to be self-help gurus and aren’t trying to push you to sign up for their monthly modules or biohacking and transformational drivel. They’re literally a pair of buddies who each pursued one career in their 20s and then changed careers and coasts by their 30s.

Their parents are baby boomers and they sound like the two of them had great parents. Still, the advice from parents’ experience to the next generation on making friends might feel too vague for an overwhelmed lonely adult.

As an exceptionally anxious person who can be a social golden retriever, I know the pitfalls of the inner voice that casts doubt on being proactive socially. This audiobook put me at ease. It made me excited to be in my 40s. When I was in my 20s, I would be filled with envy and contempt of my same-age colleagues, as if they’re beating me in a life race. I actively kept myself very private from my coworkers. While my social life was fulfilling, I languished socially at work, and by proxy, career wise as well.

But If I heard The Buddy System advice 18 years ago, I would have been armed with more social sentences to use when taking friendships to from 0 to anything above 0. I would have had better productive future-thinking conversations that would have fast-tracked my transition from my previous career to my current career.

I love that they give examples of exactly what to say. So many books that tackle this topic are only made so the author can have “a book” they can sell. Karo and Ritter have processes worth repeating and emulating. They’re aware of their own schpilkes, they can call each other out not for the sake of entertaining listeners but because at the core, they care.

This is a book about learning to be comfortable in your own skin. Readers will learn how to work on friendships in the same manner that you should focus on eating well and staying physically active. I do see the irony of pouring this out on a digital-only platform, but this book is worth taking up a little bit of your allotment of digital indulgence as you read/listen to it. It will inspire people to get off online message boards and comment threads and turn DMs and common interests and energy into real friendships.

This review is really long so many next time they can write a book about being succinct (a skill I need). Why do I bring this up? Because they’re not just riffing for 5 hours. Every word, every sentence, every intonation in this audiobook is polished and intentional. The way I feel now after reading/listening to The Buddy System is how every author should hope their reader feels when writing an advice book.

I wish I had this book 18 yrs ago

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I like that it was a funny and interesting way to share ideas that are practical and easy to apply to make life better. Matt and Aaron seem to have a real bond and have put a lot of time and thought into these tips. Highly recommend this!

Great ideas for building friendship delivered with humor and passion!

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This was a very short book that was part of the plus catalog when I listened to it. I would recommend reading it if it is free to you. It was enjoyable and a good use of time

Worth the time

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As a gay man, I'm sometimes wary of books on "male friendship," wondering if they'll be overly heteronormative or just won't resonate with my experience. I am so incredibly glad I gave The Buddy System a chance.
This book is fantastic. The authors hit the nail on the head: the struggle to make and maintain deep, platonic friendships as an adult is real for all men, regardless of sexuality.
What I loved most was that the advice felt completely universal. It’s not about being "bros" in some stereotypical way; it’s about genuine connection, vulnerability, and the practical logistics of showing up for your people. It’s a message that I can (and will) apply to my friendships with both my straight and gay friends.
Hearing the authors narrate it themselves was a huge plus. Their chemistry is great, and it makes the whole 5-hour listen feel like you're just hanging out with two smart, funny guys who genuinely want to help you improve your life.
This is a valuable, inclusive, and genuinely helpful guide. Highly recommended for any man who feels his social life could use a "level up."

A male friendship bible

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Hooray! A game changer that also provides a game plan. Recited by two engaging voices who clearly have a great system and have mastered the pleasures of making and sustaining satisfying friendships of all kinds, The many specific suggestions and examples on where and how to go about building lasting friendships is just what anyone needs to enlarge their social life in a meaningful way. I learned so much from this. It’s enjoyable, relatable and often funny. I feel I now have the important, necessary tools to make, increase, maintain and nourish new and old friendships. I love the author-narrators’ easy-to-apply steps I can implement right now, the next day, the immediate future and into the long term for lifelong friendships. An important work. Essential reading. Highly recommend. The

A great game plan with easy to implement steps and suggestions. Essential info. Entertaining.

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Listening to The Buddy System was encouraging. Matt and Karo present a plethora of bite sized mantras with reasonable, actionable steps to reconnect with old friends and make new ones. That or I just listened to these two dudes flirt for five hours. Either way I’m glad I listened.

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I just finished the Buddy System--in less than two days! This book is engaging and very helpful at the same time. Even though it focuses on male friendship, I found most points applicable to female friendships too. I loved the personal stories and practical tips as well. The authors read the book themselves and their friendship and dynamic really adds to the story. I highly recommend the audiobook for men and women and can't wait to hear what they do next!!

A Perfect Blend of Wisdom and Storytelling!

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I listened to this to get a better insight into how men think about friendship. I found that so much applied to me and my other female friends...especially as we get older. Don't be out off that this is targeted toward men. The advice is great for both sexes.

give women too much credit!

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dare some dude to try any of their suggestions
esp. the guy that keeps a spreadsheet
who has time for all these pseudo friendships

not bad for a couple of morons

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What a fun and motivational guide! Matt and Aaron have a great dynamic and are very funny. It was awesome to hear their stories and background. A must read for both men and women (you wives out there gotta get your husband's out of the house!).

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