Bet your grandfather didn't. Most likely neither did your dad. Men are suppose to be macho. The truth is, most men lack the skills to express their feelings. The more you are in touch with how you really feel about things, the easier it is to communicate those feelings.
Men are notoriously poor at cultivating and maintaining close friendships with other men.
Many times the people he will mention are the guys he gets together with over a beer to talk about the big game last Sunday or the other men he communicates with about business. Other men may talk about their childhood friends they no longer are in touch with. These are not the kind of close friendships with whom you can share your most intimate feelings. Feelings must be expressed. To stuff your most intimate feelings is to stay stuck with the feeling.