I've realized that many men (I know) want to talk about their feelings, frustrations, relationships, insecurities etc., when given a good example and opening up a little at first. I learned to do that a couple of years ago, when I was going through difficult times. Went to meet a friend for a couple of beers, started slowly talking, without whining or complaining, about things that make me insecure and we realized opening up and talking about all kinds of "non-manly" things that made us feel bad. That friend relationship deepened into totally new level and since then I've gone through same thing with many of my real friends.

1) Open up, 2) Share, 3) Listen, 4) Care.

It felt really great to get a SMS a week later saying "how are things and are you feeling better?"

Not saying that I am a perfect friend or Mr. Empathy, but I feel that I am a little bit better person than I used to be.