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<b>Tips for Making & Keeping Friends</b>


1. Combine getting together with your friends with other activities

2. If your friends want to get together, make time in your schedule

3. Be interested in others

4. Be concerned with your friends

5. Be positive and upbeat

6. Avoid misusing friends

7. Avoid using friends as nursemaids, therapist or loan officers

8. Listen empathetically

9. Keep your friendship comfortable

10. Keep confidences

11. Share your knowledge and experiences with your friends

12. Respect your friends' emotional boundaries and privacy

13. Have the name and number of one or two relatives of your friends so you can find your friends if they move

14. Reconnect with friends during the year, not just as holidays

15. Remember your friends' birthdays

16. Return calls or letters promptly

17. Occasionally sacrifice your time, energy and need for friends

18. Make time to celebrate your accomplishments with your friends

What if youre a selfish bastard that is only concerned with your own needs and wants?

Not that Im like that or anything.

good post GIP, stuff to think about...
one of my best friends from years back and I seem to be on the friendship decline.
every time we get together their seems to be less to talk about.
but if I reflect on it, I haven't been putting forth a great effort to correct it.

19. don't bang their girlfriends. current ones OR exes...

20. don't bang their moms. Stepmoms included.

Quote:Originally posted by fhore twentee
19. don't bang their girlfriends. current ones OR exes...

20. don't bang their moms. Stepmoms included.

[turns around from heading to 420s house]

Quote:13. Have the name and number of one or two relatives of your friends so you can find your friends if they move

if your friend moves and doesn't tell you where, they probably don't want you bothering their relatives, stalker.

Quote:Originally posted by tricia

Quote:13. Have the name and number of one or two relatives of your friends so you can find your friends if they move

if your friend moves and doesn't tell you where, they probably don't want you bothering their relatives, stalker.

Damn, THATS why they locked me up. Sheesh.
[slaps forehead]

hmmm...i think it's related to falling out-of-touch. Does seem a bit stalkerish. Probably should have removed that from list. Oh well.

:backflip:

so would having phone sex with his mom as you call to obtain a forwarding address be considered a "push" in the friendship tally?

Quote:Originally posted by KensPen
so would having phone sex with his mom as you call to obtain a forwarding address be considered a \"push\" in the friendship tally?

no harm, no foul