Building meaningful relationships (including with oneself) is a life-critical skill in my opinion. It's not about the volume of them, just the depth of them. A handful, ten digits worth, is a good number but yeah, six pallbearer's is a decent number I'd say. (Ten may be required for really heavy dead people. Lol.)
Seriously though, applying that additional effort will pay dividends in the future and I bet that you're already receiving the benefits from your efforts. Nice work.
Feeling loved and cherished is definitely a strange sensation for a bloke. Its pretty nice.
Yep, it's nice indeed...and I think it brings us closer to a "meaningful life" which we should all be seeking. (I also think it brings a lot of meaning to other people's life as well.)