How to keep good friends for long?

Making friends with people might be easy for some people than others but maintaining a lifelong friendship is really a task because one needs to invest in friendship. An Australian research found out that people who have strong social networks survive for long. The author of œ¦¦¦¦¦. In other words, friends are that family which we choose for us. How to keep good friends for long.

Friendship must be protected and savoured. Yet, in moment of feebleness even the strongest friendship may unravel, like any human relationship. With the time passing we get closer to our friends, and if sometimes they don™t act themselves, we may feel hurt or frustrated because we have become invested in their behavior and emotions.

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We will never want to fall out with a friend whom we have been trusting for long. Therefore, to maintain a long-term friendship we must be honest to our friends. We need to build a solid relationship by letting go of our ego. Asking them questions about our behaviour can help us get insight into our own attitudes when we are unable to realize why are behaving unusually.

We know our friends™ weaknesses and strengths; we can use this knowledge about them to lift them and cheer them up in moment of stress. To save our friendship we need to realize that none of us is perfect and if we make a mistake, we should apologize for it. Make time for your friends even if it is hard for you.

Our level of familiarity with them must not make us forget to show gratitude for having them in our lives. Express before them how you feel, take their advice and appreciate them for being a part of your life. with simple things we can save a relationship and make it strong to stay with us for long term.