8 Ways To Hold Good Friends For Life

Keeping your friendship strong requires a lot of work to be done on them. Good friends ar always like stars. Getting close to a friend, makes every every moment with them worth. Maintaing love is but, but do you know friendships are hard to maintain too.

So, here are 8 ways to keep good friends for life-

# Honesty

Maintaining honesty is the most important thing. There is no point to have a friend who is not honest to you. Remember, there is always a difference between honest and brutally honest. So, keep in mind the difference and stay honest.

# Always Listen

Listening is an important skill that is lacking between people today. This is why relationships don’t work out and people go their separate ways – they’re not listening to each other.

Having a good friend is about being an active listener. When they’re down, listen. When they’re having a good day, listen. They want to share their life with you, and as a friend, you should be honored.

# It’s a two-way street

Like all relationships, they consist of two people. So, that means if you want to be a good friend, you’ll have to give and take. You have to do your part as a friend so that they’re able to do their job too.

# Be there when you say you will

If you guys planned to go out on Friday night, show up. If they invited you to their college graduation party, show up. Good friends are friends who show up and support each other. A good friend is someone who is dependable.

# Show a little shoulder

This is a huge way that good friends are like stars. If your friend’s going through a hard time, you have to be there. You need to be there. We all go through our ups and downs, so when you’re there for someone, they’ll be there for you. You don’t have to be the one to mend them up, but you can be the one to say, “It’s going to be okay.”

# Don’t overdo love you

You remember being in high school and everyone would hug each other at the end of the day and say, “love ya!” Yeah, okay, so they were probably lying. Don’t be the person who carelessly throws out the words, “love you.” It’s annoying and it reminds me of Regina George. A real friend says those words when they mean it. Yes, friends are like stars, but don’t get too mushy all the time.

# Pick your battles

There will be moments when your friend says something completely stupid or when they’re bossing you around. I know, that drives me crazy as well, but you can’t go attack everything they say. You need to pick your battles or else you may lose a friendship.

# It’s not about self-interest

When you meet someone, you’re not trying to see what you can get out of them. That’s not the point of friendship. I mean, there will be people that will be trying to use you, but with a true friend that’s not the case. You like them for who they are, not for what they have.